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THE BARD FAMILY
A HISTORY AXD GENEALOGY OF THE
BARDS Ol CARROLL'S DELIGHT
TOGETHER WITH
A CHRONICLE OF THE BARDS
AND GENEALOCilES OF
THE HARD KINSHIP
BY
G. O. SEILHAMER, Esq.
CHAMBERSBURG, PA.
K I T T 0 C H T I N N Y PRESS
1908
Copyright. 1908 By G. O. SEILHAMER, Esq.
JitSount l^Uaaant PrtBS
I. Horace McFarland Company Harrisburjr, Pa.
11.^2959 ^f)i^ 25oofe is; JDebicateb
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'§ THE HON. THOxAIAS ROBERT BARD
:6^ OF HL'ENEME, VENTURA COrXTY, CAI.., IX
' RECOGNITION OF HIS COXSTAXT ASSIST-
J_ ANCE IN GATHERIX(; THE FACTS THAT IT
^ CONTAINS AND OF HIS LIRERAL Sll'PORT
"^ IN THE RESEARCH THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE
'^^ % tfjE ^utfjor
Three hundred eopies of this ivork have been printed, of whieh this is No
PREFACE
nr^HE autlior of this work is content to let his book speak for itself and for hini. His pur- pose was to make a Family Book of the Bards that would be a worthy history of a typical American family. He only claims for himself an honest pur- pose and conscientious research.
G. O. S.
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CONTENTS
PART I
PAGK
A Chronicle of the Bauds . . .1-142
PART II
Bards of "Carroll's Delight"" .... 14'5
Descendants of Richard Bard . . . 159
Descendants of William Bard .... 263
Descendants of David Bard .... 273
PART III
The Bard Kixship 299
Potter Family 299
Poe Family ....... '349
Cochran Family . . . . . . 394
McFarland Family . . . . . .418
Parker Family 431
Smith Family ....... 451
Little Family 471
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THE BARD FAMILY
PART I
A CHRONICr.K OF THE BxVRDS
I
^ I ">HE American luibit of assuniin<»' that certain -^ surnames are of Scotch origin and being trans- planted from Scotland to Ireland ha\'e given to the United States a distincti\'e people, generally described as Scotch- Irish, often leads to results that are mis- leading. No better example of the confusion conse- quent upon attempting to restrict to a small kingdom a family name common to many lands can be found than the surname Bard, Barde, Baird or Beard. Speaking of the derivation of the name from the ancient Bards, Cosmo Innes, in his essay concerning some Scotch names, says: "the historian of an extant family of the ancient name of Baird, not satisfied with such a probable connection with the Muses, claims for them kindred witli Boiardo, the Italian poet. But we liad Bairds, or Bards, landed men, much earlier than suits that poetic origin. ' The name is found in Scotland as early as tlie thirteenth century. Duncan Bard, Stirlingshire, and Fergus de Bard, John Bard and Nicholas Bard, I^anarkshire, are named in "The Ragman's Roll," I29(). The fact that they did liomage to King Edward I, at the time of liis "'con-
2 THE BARD FAMILY
quest" of Scotland, shows that they were men of consequence.
JNIore than a century before Duncan Bard and Fergus de Bard swore fealty to King Edward at Ber- wick, Ugone di Bard, of the \^alley of Aosta, in Pied- mont, made allegiance to Tomaso I, of Savoy, going for this purpose in 1191 in charge of his tutor, Bona- facio di Monferrato. Ugone, his father, ranked next to the discount of Aosta, first lord of the valley. He was of ancient lineage and rich in lands, vineyards, villages and castles. Of his life at Castle Bard we know nothing , except that he had three sons, I^gone II, Anselmo and Guglielmo. To the youngest, Gug- lielmo, the father bequeathed the Signoria di Bard. This caused a burst of resentment in Ugone II, who denied his inheritance to Guglielmo and relegated the cadet to the castle of Pont S. JNIartino. Guglielmo rose in arms against his brother and a fraternal war ensued. The combatants harried the vale of Aosta, and even sacked and hred the inheritances of each other. Guglielmo biu-nt the castle of Champocher. Ugone destroyed tlie village and vineyard of I^onnaz. Besides a son of Cxuglielmo was made a prisoner by Ugone. After much sanguinary and destructive war- fare peace between the brothers was restored, June 19, 1214, through Oltimo, bishop of Ivrea, Ugone remaining tlie IxH'd of Bard and Guglielmo accepting Pont San JNIartino and Arnaz.
For a quarter of a century after tlie restoration of peace between the brothers Ugone di Bard pursued a life of brigandage and the Pass Bard was a place of terror. Finally, being called to order by Gottofriedo,
A CHRONICLE OF THE HARDS 3
Viscount of Aosta, the wicked Lord of Hard turned upon the Viscount with the savage temerity of a mas- tiff, and in his reckless scorn of Ciottofriedo's author- ity lie refused homage to Count Amedio of Savoy, as is shown by an agreement between Count ^Vmedio and the discount of Aosta. According to this docu- ment Lord (iottofriedo and his brothers promised faithful ad^'ice and assistance to the T^ord ^Vmedio and his men until such time as the Rock Hard should be taken. Neither peace nor mercy was to be extended to Signor Lgone di Hard, or to his people, until the castle had fallen and its defenders been made prisoners. In his turn, the Count of Savoy promised five hun- dred "marclii" of silver to CTottofriedo, should he capture the castle of Hard and make Ugone a pris- oner. Heing thus driven into a corner the Lord of Hard surrendered to the Count of Sa\'oy, but refused to give himself up as a prisoner, preferring to renounce all right to home and land rather than to bend his head as a vassal. His brother Anselmo, ha\ing also incurred the wrath of his sovereiw-n, was likewise depri\ ed of his badly governed lands. Conquered but not tamed, the two brothers departed forever from the \"alley of Aosta and were never again heard of there. It is })robable that Lgone took with him his two youngest sons, Kainero and Rossetto, but his two elder sons, Marco and Aymone, refused to join their father in his revolt and recei\ed from the Count of Savoy the Signoria of Sarre. and the lands Introd- Scarriod and of Cluitel ^Vrgent. The Count reserved to himself the Castle Hard.
Both brothers, JMarco and Aymone, took the name
4 THE BARD FAMILY
of Sarriod, and were afterwards known as Sarriod d' Introd and Sarriod de la Tour. In a collection of papers on the VnV d' Aosta, published by F. G. Frutas in 1891, is a copy of the will of Guglielmo Sarriod, signore of Chatel Argent. In this will, which was dated in 1279, he left the whole of the castle, {tot am boniim meam ilc Castle Ai'gcntco) to Doniina T^eonardo, his wife, expecting her to live in it with her three sons. From this it is argued by (iuiseppe Giacosa, the author of " I Castelli \ aldostani," that the Castle Argent could not liave been originally what it is said all castles were at that time — a tower with at most two dwelling rooms. Boasting of several living rooms, Signor (xiacosa infers that it must have been amplified and enlarged considerably from its earliest form, which from unmistakable traces dates back to Roman times. In this connection he points out tliat while what remains standing of the Castle of Pont JMartino belongs to the thirteenth century, there are about it innumerable traces showing the original construction to be of much earlier date. There is a kitchen that is very interesting of the kind, the ceil- ing of which is arched in a manner to form tlie chimney. This ceiling is made cupola shape, with a hole pierced in the center, so that if a fire was built in the middle of the hall the smoke would escape through the orifice in the ceiling. The family could thus sit around the fire without annoyance from the smoke. A similar kitchen is found in the Castle of Introd, built or at least improved in 1220, by JNIarco or JNIarquetus di Bard, to wliom the Font San INIartino also belonged.
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After the Duke of Savoy acquired the Castle Bard in 1288, he presented this llock Bard, according to tlie document of 1*244 ah-eady quoted, to liis hrother Tomasso di Savoya, Count of Flanders and Ileinaidt, and it then became a State fortress. To make it worthy of its new character it was surrounded with bastions and furnished witli artillery. In this condi- tion it remained until the close of tlie seventeenth century. In 1704 the Fort was surprised and taken by the Duke of Fogliato, who descended from Sa^'oy by the lesser St. Bernard to the help of the Duke of Vandomo. Nearly a centmy later, in 1800, Buona- parte, in his descent into tlie valley, found at Bard the first real ol)stacle in tlie course of a successful campaign. So strong was the Bock Bard, with its fine display of buttress and its formidable walls, that it was defended by only four hundred soldiers against an army. /Against its rough grandeur Buonaparte's artillery thundered in vain. The only way to o^'er- conie the l)ra\'e little garrison was to ascend Mount ^Vlbano, overlooking the fort on the north. In two days a road was cut, l)ridges built where needed, and the precipices protected by bulwarks. Pp this impro- \'ised roadway, so hastily constructed, the infantry climbed, not without loss, leaving the artillery and transports behind. Then the attack upon the fort from this xantage ground began with disastrous effect. In the meantime Marmont had the narrow road to the fort covered with stniw, and with grass tied around the wheels of the carts, he made a successful dash for safety during the night through the dangerous bit of highway dominated by the guns. ^Vfter fourteen days
6 THE BARD FAMILY
of resistance the gallant little garrison was compelled to surrender, but the defenders were allowed to quit the fort with military honors. By the order of Buona- parte the fortress was demolished.
The village of Bard is a long borough at the foot of Rock Bard. The river Doria Baltea Hows on the south side of the valley across the commune surround- ing the fortress on the north side. A stone bridge spans the stream at the end of the village, leading to the communes of Hone, Pont Bozet and Champocher. At the western end is a fairly fine palace belonging to Count Federico di Bard.
The ancient Bard family of the A al d' Aosta is extinct in the \alley. In 1744 (xiacoma Fillippino Nicola bought the ancient fued of Bard — Fort Bard — for $45,000, and was invested with the title of count. The title and estates passed to Fillip})o xVgostino di Gian Guiseppe in 17*>7.
II
^OINIE say tluit the Signori di Hard ori<yinated '^ from the very ancient family of I>orraine. Tliis descent is attributed to the sameness of name and the resemblance of the coats of arms of the two families. Nevertheless the name is not identical, for the I>,ords of Lorraine called themselves Har. From this name came Barriod and Bazeros. The place today is called Bar le Due, a city of France, in the Department de la JMoise. Even were the identity of the name estab- lished it would not prove much, since a family of Bard existed and may still exist in vVlvernia. whicli it is positively asserted is in no way connected with the Bards of the Val d' Aosta. On the otiier hand the similarity of the coats of arms of the two families is very important. Described in the rather incompre- hensible language of heraldry it is thus :
Of blue scattered with crossed stars and shafts of i>;ol(l and on this two barl)s (barbi).
Aubert remarks tliat this "speaking" coat of arms (in French this fisli is called a bar) is not to be accepted. It is, nevertheless, authentical and existing both in Val d' Aosta and in the Duchy di Barrese. The like- ness in the "speaking" figure of the two barbi (fishes), which might have casually arisen from the likeness in the name of the two localities, does not materially alter the fact of the likeness in the two coats of arms, since the only "speaking" figure they boast of is the
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8 THE BARD FAMILY
fish, the rest of the coat of arms being similar, especi- ally the color of the sliield. Of "bar" or "barb," introduced in heraldy on the sound of the word, we find many examples, in different arms, as the Bar fleur of Normandy, whose coat of arms carries on a red ground a "barbe" on demi-argent surmounted by a gold ffeur-de-lys, and again the Bartet, I sola di Fran- cia, carries on Azure, three barbi d' argent, placed in bar.
In the heart of the ancient duchy of Bourgogne there is a small town, not far from Dijon, called Montbard, that was the native place of Buffbn. This town boasts of a castle with a title attached to it. The coat of arms of tlie counts of INIontbard was :
Oil azure two l)arbi (fish) of gold.
Tliis is identical, it will be perceived, with that of the Signori di Bard of the Val d' Aosta, excepting the scattered stars on tlie azure ground. Practically the names of tiie two places. Bard and JMontbard, are the same. The syllable, mont, placed before the real name means little. In the gently undulating country of Boiu'gogne, a mountain would natm-ally liave greater importance in the estimation of an exile from the \'^al d' Aosta and his descendants than among the decliv- ities on which towered the Rock Bard. It is not dif- ficult to conceive, under the changed conditions, that the added syllable to the name and the suppressed fig- ure that belonged to the coat of arms of the ancient house are to be traced, both in addition and suppres- sion, to the hand of Ugone di Bard himself. Nothing was more likely than that the fierce Ugone, sensitive
A CHRONICLE OF THE BARDS 9
concerning' his name and wratliful over his lost Sig- noria \^aldostani, sliould retain tlie speaking symbol upon his coat of arms while suppressing the figure, when refounding his family line with a modified name in another land.
Members of the di Hard family were prone to change the family name and coat -of- arms, as was shown by otliers besides IJgone. AA^hen Marco and Aymone di Bard became Sarriod d' Introd and Sar- riod de la Tour respectively, the former chose a new device, as follows :
On silver a blue band on which three <>ol(len lions decorated with blue.
The arms of Sarriod de la Tour was more elaborate :
On silver a blue band on which three ijjolden lions decorated with blue, and in the left hand corner a red and black tower.
There is a tradition that in tlie sixteenth century one of the members of the liouse of Montbard was sent to Aosta to claim titles, and to prove the fact of their springing from that family. '"■ This is only a tra- dition," says Giuseppe (xiacosa, "'but I hold much of truth is in tradition." He adds:
"Howbeit I wish to make it clear that I speak \aguely out of curiosity and assert nothing, "^fhe c[uestion is not sufficiently important to waste words on, much less time for researches. The greatest merit the story holds lies in its obscurity, for, should evervthing once be made clear, all interest would disappear. If there shall be any left who take pleasure in hei'aldy, such a person might find it interesting!: to discover if traces of affiliation are
10 THE BARD FAMILY
to be fouiul in the various coats of arms. It would l)e enough to find if, among the Counts of Montbard, the names of Ugone, Ansehno, Rainero and Rosetto (Ros- situs) recm", which would denote fairly positively the origin of the family from the old house of Bard in the Val d' Aosta/'
It has also been asserted that the Bard name is of Saxon origin, an assertion that is snstained by the fact that the name has been a common one in Ger- many for many generations. JNIacFirbis (" Irish Gene- alogies," p. 41 2 J) claims Barde as Celtic, saying it was Maghaidh Saxonta (magadh — Irish, mocking, jeering)^ meaning that it was only in jest that it was said to be of Saxon origin. According to Dr. O'Hart ("Irish Pedigrees," Fifth edition, A^oL I, p. 349), Owen Mac- an-Bhaird (bhard: Irish, a bar; Heb. baar, was fam- ons), of Monycassan. was descended from Eocha, son of Sodhan, (Arms-Ar. two bars, gn. each charged with as many martlets or). From Owen the surname, Mac-an-Bliaird, was anglicised Mac A^^ard, modern- ized \A^ard. Some of the descendants of Owen ren- dered the name O'Bairdain, v^ariously anglicised 15aird, Bard, Barde, Barden, Bardin, Barding, Barten, Barton, Berdan, Berdon, Purdon, \ erdon and Wardin.
WHiether the Bars of I^orraine were the progenitors of the Bards of Aosta matters little, as the names of Bard and Barde and even Baird are found in various parts of Fiurope from the tenth to the fourteenth centuries. There was a Seigneur de Barde among the followers of William, the Conqueror, in 1066. Henry de Barde was a witness to a charter of lands granted by King William the Lion in 1178, and Hugo de
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Baird was one of tlie subscribing witnesses to a safe- conduct granted by King Richard I to King William the Ijion in 1194. It will be observed by the last statement that there was a Hugo de Baird at the English Court at Winchester three years after Ugone di Hard made allegiance to the Court of Savoy for his lands in the \ al d' Aosta, Besides the Seigneur de Barde, Henry de Barde and Hugo de Baird, mention was made of Magistratus de Barde in 1*224, Robert 15aird in 128;}, and Richard l^aird in 1228 and 1240.
One is tempted to believe it possible that TJgone di Bard and his brother, Anselmo, emigrated to Scot- land after turniu"- their backs on the Val d' Aosta, and that Fergus de Bard and the other Bards, whose names appear on "The Ragman's Roll," were descend- ants of these fierce brothers. It may be claimed, unfortunately for this romantic hypothesis, that the C^hartularies of Kelso and Paisley and Dalrymple's Collections point to a more prosaic origin for the Bairds of Auchmedden. Tlie doubt that divides the romantic from the prosaic is a mere question of dates. If the year 1191 marks the close instead of the begin- ning of the turbulent career of Ugone di Bard, there was ample time for him to find his way to Scotland, to step between a ferocious boar and the king of Scots, and to visit Richard I of England, at AVin- chester witli AVilliam the I^ion in the same year that the C^rusader returned to the English throne, freed from captivity and fresh from the conquest of the rebels in Aquitaine. Indeed, it is not impossible that Ugone di Bard, soldier of fortune that he must have become, fouglit under the banner of Richard of the
V2 THE BARD FAMILY
Lion Heart at Freteval and in overcoming the revolt of his brother John, the last of the Angevine kings of England. In either case Ugone di Bard might have been at the English Court in 1194 to sign the name of Hugo de Baird to the safe-conduct granted by Richard of the Lion Heart to William the Lion.
Whether Hugo de Baird came to Scotland with King William the I..ion, from the Court of Richard I, at Winchester, in 1194, is a question that has only a speculative value, but before tlie close of the thirteenth century the family was a numerous one on the Scot- tish lowlands, from Wigton to Stirling, and as far into the Highlands as Aberdeen and Banff. In Lanark- shire there was tlie noteworthy stock concerning which Thomas the Rhymer predicted that tliere shall be an eagle in the craig while there is a Baird in Auch- medden. xVt Banff were the transplanted Bards from Languedoc and Savoy. It was apparently to a Baird that A\^illiani the Lion assigned the boar passant for his coat of arms, but tlie Bards were even more active in the early centuries of Scottish history. When Ber- wick fell, and Edinbiu'gh, Stirling and Perth opened their ffiites to the Enolish kino-, the Bards as well as the Bruce swore fealty to Edward I. At Bannock- burn and after, the Bards were hand in hand with Bruce in tlie Scottish war for independence. One of them, Robert Bard, had the misfortune to be captured by the English, and he was held a prisoner in Notting- ham Castle, for his removal from which to the castle of Summerton an order was issued in January, 1317. His fate may be surmised from the fact that in July following, Elizabeth, "late the wife of Robert, son of
A CHRONICLE OF THE BARUS li3
Ralph," was endeavoring to hav e Edmund Bard and John de Genielyng put in her place to seek and receive her dower in C^hancery at AA^indsor, she agreeing not to marry without the king's license. Robert de Bard, like many of the Scotch barons of that time, had estates in England — lands in Hertford that were for- feited, and at Bullerwith, in Yorkshire. Out of the latter, then held by William Bard, son of Robert, a tenth of a knight's fee was assigned to the widow in dower. This AA^illiam, son of Robert, was probably the AA^illiam Bard who was routed and taken prisoner with Sir William Douglas, in 1833, in a skirmish with Sir Anthony I^acy on the English border.
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^^^THAT is more likely than that in Scotland ▼ ▼ Ugone di Bard's sons, Rainero and Rossetto, should become, according to later orthography, Rich- ard and Robert Bard, or Baird? In 1228, Richard de Baird must have been a man of wealth and conse- quence, for in that year he made a gift to the Abbott and Monks of Kelso, dated at Sismahagon (a cell in that abbacy), of all the tithes and corn of his lands south of the Avon, namely Gret Kyp and I kittle Kyp, Glengevel, Polnepo and I^ouhere, the subscribing witnesses including AVilliam de JNIaitland, ancestor of the Earl of I^auderdale; Archibald, I^ord Douglas; William Fleming, ancestor of tlie YawI of Wigton, and Malcolm I.ockhart. The grant from Richard Baird to the monastery of Kelso was confirmed by King Alexander II, May 26, 1240. This grant of the lands of Little Kyp and Long Kyp afterward belonged to Saint Bride's chapel, in the parish of Strathavon, Lanarkshire, and they were knoM n as the chapel lands. After the Reformation these lands became the property of the Hamilton family. That Richard Baird remained in the })arisli of Strathavon is shown by the fact that in 1240 he obtained the grant of a charter from Robert, son of A\^aldevus de Biggar, upon the lands of Meikle and Little Kyp, in the county of I^anark. In Xisbet's Heraldry, Fergus de Bard, whose name appears on "The Ragman's Roll," is described as of Meikle and Little Kyp.
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Jordan Baird, presiiinably a son of Fergus de Bard, was a constant companion of the brave Sir AX^illiam AVallace in all his warlike exploits, 1297 1305, From him, probably, came Sir William Baird, of E\'andale, (Dumfrieshire) who accompanied the Earl of Douglas at the battle of Poictiers, September 19, 18.5(). In April, 1768, Sir William Johnston, of Hilton, told William Baird, the historian of the family, that some years before he had seen a lineal genealogy from Jordan Baird to Sir James Baird, of Auchmedden. who served in America and who was a great-great grandson of George Baird, of Auchmedden, County Aberdeen, Scotland, who was living in 1588. He was chief of the clan. From him came the Bairds of Auchmedden and Saughton Hall. The Bairds of Auchmedden are a family of great antiquity. Among the traditions relating to the family is one to the effect that while William the I^ion was hunting in one of the southwestern counties he was alarmed by the approach of a wild boar. The king had strayed away from his attendants and was alone. He called for assistance and was answered by a gentleman named Baird, who had the good fortune to slay the object of the monarch's alarm. For this service King ^^^illiam conferred large tracts of land upon his deliverer, and assigned for his coat of arms a boar passant, with the motto: Domi nils fecit. The arms are to be seen on an ancient monument of the Bairds of Auchmedden, in the churchyard of Banff. It is probable that the person thus distinguished was Hugo de Baird, who was at the English Court with King William the Lion in 1194.
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James Baird, son of (Tcorge Baird, of Aiichmed- den, head of the clan in 1588, was a commissary of the Ecclesiastical Court of Scotland in the time of Charles I. His son and heir. Sir John Baird, was a lord of session under the title of Lord Xewbyth. I^ord Newbyth's only son, AVilliam Baird, was created a baronet of Xova Scotia in 1695-96. Sir ^Villiam's only son. Sir John Baird, died without issue in 1746. The title expired with him. He entailed his estates upon his cousin, \\^illiam Baird, son of AVilliam Baird, of the Saughton Hall family.
Sir llobert Baird, the ancestor of the Bairds of Saughton Hall, in Mid-Lothiam, was a younger brother of Sir John Baird, I^ord Newbyth. His elder son, Sir James Baird, who died in 1740, was created a baronet of Xova Scotia, February 28, 1695 96. He married Elizabeth ((xibson) (^ray, daughter of Sir Alexander Gibson, of Pentland, and widow of Thomas Gray, P]isq. He was succeeded by his son. Sir Robert Baird, who survi^•ed his father only one year. His wife was Janet Baikie, of Tankerness, Orkney. His successor was his elder son, James, an officer in the Royal Xavy, who served in America. He died immarried, and was succeeded in the baro- netcy by his brother, William. Sir A\^illiam Baird married Frances (xardiner, daughter of the celebrated Colonel James Gardiner. He died in 1770, and was succeeded by his son. Sir James Gardiner Baird, who was a lieutenant-colonel in the British army, and served in America during the Revolutionary struggle. This was the Sir James Baird, who, with his company of light infantry, attacked a party of Americans in a
A CHRONICLE OF THE BAUDS 17
barn near Hackensack, X. J., in Septeni})er, 1778, with such rutliless impetuosity that nine out of six- teen men were instantly bayonetted. He was also conspicuous in the action near the junction of Hriar creek witli the Savannah river in ^Nlarch, 1771>, in which a few Continentals and a little army of North Carolina militia, under General ^Vshe, were sin-prised and slauglitered. Upon his return to Scotland, in 1781, he was married to Henrietta Johnston, dauohter of AVynne Johnston, of Hiltown. He died in 1830, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson. Sir James Gardiner Baird, son of liis deceased son, William Baird.
William 15aird, who succeeded to the estates of his cousin. Sir John I^aird, of Newl^ytli, was a son of William Baird, a merchant and one of the baillies of Edinburgh, and a grandson of Sir B{)l)ert Baird, of Saughton Hall, He was married to iVlicia Jolmston, of Hiltown, County Berwick. His eldest son and heir was Robert l^aird, but the most distinguished of his children was General Sir David l^aird, wlio was colonel of tlie 24th Foot, and rose to the rank of a general in the British army. ^Vt Seringapatam he headed the storming party and led them on to victory. He was the commander-in-chief at the capture of the Ca]^e of Good Hope, and his achievements in P^gypt procured him the order of the 15ath from his own sovereign, and the insignia of the Crescent from the Sultan. He was wounded in the shoulder at the bombardment of Copenhagen, and lost an arm at Corunna, soon after the fall of the gallant Sir John Moore. (General Baird was created a baronet ^Vpril 18, 1809. with remainder.
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in default of issue, to his eldest brotlier, Robert Baird, Esq., of Newbyth. He married August 4, 1810, Pres- ton Campbell, of Fern Tower and Locklane, County Perth; they had no children. He died August 18, 1829. The third son of AAHlliam Baird, of Newbyth, was Joseph Baird, who was also a distinguished soldier and rose to the rank of major-general in tlie British army. He was married February 27, 1802, to Esther Charlotte Tonson, daughter of William, first Baron of Riversdale, of llathcormac ; they had one son, William Baird. He died at the Cape of Good Hope, April 4, 1816. The other children of AVilliam and Alicia (Johnston) Baird were INIary, married John Erskine, Esq.; Catharine married James llaine, Esq.; Janet; Alicia, married Captain /Vndrew \\^auchope, of Nid- dery; Sidney; Susan (died April 30, 1832), married Lieutenant-Colonel H. Cerjat; Anne, married George Godon, Esq., of Halhead, and Charlotte, married George, Lord Haddo.
Robert Baird, son and heir of W^illiam Baird, of Newbyth, was married to a daughter of David Gaven, of T^angton, and had four sons, David, William, John and James, and a daughter Elizabeth. His third son, John Baird, was a midshipman in the Royal Navy ; he was fatally wounded in the attack upon Algiers, in September, 180(5. David Baird, the eldest son of Robert Baird, of Newbyth, succeeded his uncle. Gen- eral Sir David Baird, as second baronet. Sir David Baird was married to Lady Anne Kennedy, daughter of Archibald, Marques of Ailsa. The JNIarques was a son of Archibald Kennedy, a distinguished officer in the Royal Navy, who succeeded to the Earldom of
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Cassilis, us the eleventh earl, and was created Marques of Ailsa in 1881, by his wife, Anne Watts, daughter of John Watts, Esq., of New York. Sir David Baird died in 1852, and was succeeded by his son. Sir David Baird, who was born at Newbyth House, Haddington, N. B., in 1882. He w^as a lieutenant in the 74th Highlanders, captain in the 98th P^'oot, and a major. He was married in 18(54 to Ellen, daughter of Charles, Lord Blantyre. His son and heir, David Baird, was born in 1805.
IV
TT IS said in the ''Genealogical Collections Con- -*- cerning the Sir Name of Baird," that three sons of Gilbert Baird, of Anchmedden, and Lillias, his wife, who was the only child and heiress of Walter Baird, of Ordinhwas, went to Ireland as adventm-ers in the beginning of the reign of King James I. The anthor of the Anclniiedden genealogy fnrther says: "As to the posterity of (xilbert's three sons that went to Ireland to push their fortunes, several inquiries have been made in that country, but no account to be depended on is yet received." If this was true in the life time of William Baird, Esq., (1701-1750), the last of the Bairds of Auchmedden, it might be assumed that it is impossible now. It is certain that there are no available traditions either in Scotland or Ireland that would be an aid in the se^u-ch.
According to .lames Baird, a carpenter, living at Raphoe, County Donegal, in 1902, all the Bairds in Ireland spring from three brothers — John, W^illiam and David Baird, who came from Killmarnock, Ayrshire, at or about the time of the Plantation of Ulster. This tradition is entitled to as much weight as that of William Baird, of Auchmedden. If it is well founded the Bairds in the Xorth of Ireland are probably derived from the Bairds of Kilhenzie, who possessed the castle of Maybole in the sixteenth century.
The early history of the parish of Maybole is
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involved in considenible obscurity, but tlie town was created a bin'();'li of barony November 14, 1510, in a ^rant to Cxilbert, Earl of Cassilis, the patron, and to the provost and prebendaries of the Collegiate Chm'ch of JNIaybole, to which belonged the lands whereon the town is sitnated. In October, lOSl), an act ordaininii" that the head com'ts of Carrick should be held at JNIaybole was passed by the Lords of the Articles.
"Tliis toiuie of Maboll," says Abercrummie, "stands upon an ascending gromid, from east to west, and lyes open to the south. It hath one principall street, with liouses upon both sydes, built of freestone; and it is beautifyed witli the situation of two castles, one at each end of tliis street. That on the east belongs to tlie Earle of Cassilis; beyond which, east- ward, stands a great new building, which be his granaries. On the west end is a castle, which belonged to tlie Laird of Blairquhan, whicli is now the tolbuith, and is adorned with a pyremide and a row^ of ballesters round it, raised from the top of the stair-case, into which they have mounted a fyne clock. There by four lanes which passe from the principall street; one is called the Black-^^enall, which is steep, declining to southeast, and leads to a lower street, whicli is far the larger than the high chiefe street, and it runs from the Kirkland to the Welltrees; in which there have been many pretty buildings, belonging to the severall gentry of the coimtrey, who were wont to resort thither in winter, and divert themselves in converse together at their owne houses. It was once the prin- cipall street of the tonne ; but many of these houses of the gentry have been decayed and ruined, it has
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lost much of its ancient beaiitie. Just opposite to this \'enall, there is another that leads nortliwest from the chief street to the green which is a pleasant plott of ground, enclosed round with an earthern wall, wherein they were wont to play at foot balh but now at the GowfFe and byasse-bowls. At the east end of the principall street are other two lanes, the one called Foull ^"enall, carryes northward ; the other farder east, upon the chiefe street, passes to the southeast, and is called the Kirk-^"enall, and is the great resort of the people from the toune to the church. The houses of this toune, on both sydes of the street, have their several gardens belonging to them ; and in the lower street there be some pretty orchards, that yield store of good fruit."
The description thus giAen by Abercrummie two hundred years ago, presents a minute picture of May- bole even at the present time. The town has no doubt grown to some extent during so long a period, but not in proportion to many other places in the county comparatively of modern date. On the east tlie town is no longer bounded by the castle, and the Earl of Cassilis' granaries. The castle, no doubt, occupies its original site, but a superior range of buildings, called the New Yards, extends the line of houses very con- siderably in that quarter. On the west, AVhitehall, and a number of recent buildings, have produced a similar extension; while upon the north and south the sides of the town have been swelled by numerous liouses, shops and villas. Tlie introduction of cotton- weaving into Maybole in the eighteenth century occasioned a ^•ast increase of the population, })y the
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rapid influx of Irish families; and it may be said to have wholly lost that aristocratic character, the decline of which Abercrunnnie deplores even in his time.
Kilhenzie Castle was even within recent years tlie most entire of all the baronial ruins in the parish of Maybole. The first of the Bairds of Kilhenzie of whom anything is known was (xilbert Barde, who obtained a charter for land in Killienzie, Kilkerane and JNIaker- tinstoun, from King James I\ , Jamiary 2(), 15()(). He appears to have been the I^aird of Kilhenzie who was slain in a feud fight by Scliaw, of Keirs, and others, in 1508. He was succeeded by his son, John Barde, of Kilhenzie, who had a charter of the lands of Drum- bane, etc., from King James V, December 17, 1526. His wife was Margaret Crawford. He had two sons, Robert Barde, his heir, and Gilbert Barde. Gilbert Barde, the younger son, who died July 25, 1577, obtained a Crown charter of the lands of (xlencapok, June 14, 1541. He married Christine Lindsay and had two sons, John and William.
Robert Barde, son and heir of "Johaimi Barde de Kilquhenzie, et Margaretae Craufurde, ejus sponsae," married Elizabeth Kennedy. He had a son, Jolm Barde, who died in ^Vpril, 1597. He had a Crown Charter of conhrmation of the lands of CTlengappok. Kilquhynnze, etc., from Queen Mary, October 2, 1551). He was twice married. The name of his first wife has not been ascertained. His second wife was Katharine Kennedy, a sister of tlie I^aird of Bargany, by whom he had no children. By his Hrst marriage he had two sons, Oliver Barde, his heir, and John Barde, who was
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concerned with Hugh Kennedy, of Blairquhan, in the shiughter of the Provost of ^Vigton, in 1611.
Ohver Barde, son of John Barde, of Kilhenzie, who died between KUG and 1(319, had a charter of confir- mation of the huids of Glencapok, Kilquhynnze, etc., October 21, 158,5. He appears in the Criminal Trials as one of the supporters of the Earl of Cassilis, in tlie Carrick feuds, in 1611. Indeed, he was tlie cause of one of tlie bitterest of these family feuds. His father had left his second wife "simiwittuell,"' which the young Laird of Kilhenzie took "" fra hir perforce.' She complained of this injustice to lier brother, the Laird of Bargany, who sent his son and ten or twelye horse and "brak the zett, and tuik alse meikill wituell with tliame, as was reft fra hir and hir seruand." As Barde was a dependent of the Earl of Cassihs, "my I^ord thocht the samin done to him," and being in JNlaybole at a funeral, he resolved to proceed to Bargany that night, and take as much victual out of it; he having as he said, "brocht hame with him, out of Ittally, poutthard, quhilk wald blaw up the zett!" He was, however, dissuaded from the enterprise, as Bargany 's people would in all probability be on the alert, and began to devise "with sum of his freindis how to ruitt out this Hous of Bargany out of memory." He first contemplated securing admission into the place of "Arstensar" through the treachery of a servant, and after slaying all within, "to blaw up the hous in the air." The tutor, Sir Thomas Kennedy, of Culzean^ did not relish such an open, wholesale mode of going to work; for, said he, "the auld laird and the young lady lies bene honorabill houshaldris all their dayis,
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and they wald be grittly laiiieiitit be all men; and the young laird had now niarevitt his wyfF out of the kingis hous, and hir deathe wold be thoeht niekill off be the king and queine; and also the deid wold be thoeht werry crewall, to put sa many innocent saidlis to deathe!" It was accordingly proposed to abduct the young Laird of Bargany and his brother, so that the old laird would die of sorrow because he would have "nane to succeed to him but Benand, quha is ane deboishit man." The feud resulted in much violence, but in the end the king interposed and a truce was patched up. OliAcr Barde married and liad a son, Gilbert J5ard. who is mentioned as one of the assize on a criminal trial in 1(311),
jVfter the death of Oliver Barde, Kilhenzie was acquired by Alexander Kennedy, of Craigoch.
Gilbert 15arde, son of ()li\'er, was the last Baird of Kilhenzie. The name is still prevalent in Maybole and vicinity, — the remains of tlie C'arrick sept of the Bardcs. It is a form of that of Bard. Eacu to tliis day Kilhenzie Castle is the most entire of baronial ruins in the parish of Maybole; it is delightfully situ- ated on a gentle, rising ground, washed })y a little rivulet to the south of JVIaybole. It was noted for its good buildings, gardens and orchards. Some geneal- ogists trace the Bairds of Kilhenzie to the Bards of North Kelsey, in Lincolnshire, England, but it is likely that they were of the same stock as the Bairds of Auchmedden. Indeed, the inference seems almost irresistible that the Bairds of Scotland and Ireland are all descended from Huoo de Barde, or Baird, the witness of the safe-conduct of King AVilliam, the I^ion.
^T^ HE two cliief Bjiird families of Scothind — those -*- of Auchmedden and Kilhenzie — beyond doubt had a numerous progeny of whom our knowledge is only fragmentary. Through the indices of the Scot- tish Public Records tlie name is sprinkled with great profusion. At Aberdeen, July 30, 1548, Alexander Barde and Patrick Bisset are described in the law I^atin of the period as "serjandos et officiarios in ea causa specialiter constitutos." The name of Job. Bard, with others of Symonton, is found among the names of Assize. April 80, 1550. In a charter of confirma- tion to "WiUiam, I^ord I^ivingston et Agneto Flem- yng, his spouse," October 1, 1558, are the names of Tho. Bard, Wil Bard, Da\ id Bard, Jonet Bard and Wedo Bard. Alexander Barde, as a witness in a deed of confirmation at Ivinlos, February 20, 1575, is described as "vicario de Alter." A charge was made in April. 1594, against Gilbert I^aird, of Auchmed- den, George, his brother, Patrick Baird, Johnne Baird, James Baird and Alexander Baird, for a systematic course of acts of Appression, In the index to the Register of Privy Council of Scotland, 1592 99, are the names of George Baird, burgess of Banff; George Baird, in Swanford; Patrick Baird, writer in Ordin- huiff; ^^^alter Baird, in Banfl'; AValter Baird, in Ordinhaus, and Thomas Baird, of the Shaws. In another document of the same period these names are still furtlier illuminated. This is the registration by
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Mr. Robert I^erinont as procurator, January 22, 1598-99, of the bond of CTilbert Baird, of Auchmed- den, for Walter Baird, of Ordenhuiffis, and Alexander Anderson, servant to Alex. Barclay, burgess. AA^it- ness, Cxeorge Baird, in Svvanifuord, Patrick Baird, writer hereof, servant to the said A\^ alter. At Edin- burgh, October 2G, 1.599, Robert Bard and others were bound not to harm Andrew Arbuthnot, and July 4, IGOO, Jolnine Baird, in Lochsyde, and Hew Baird, his brother, were bound not to harm Johime Wilsoun. In IGOl, John C^ordon, second son of the P^arl of Cxcicght, and his friends, including (xcorge Baird, came to town of TurrefFand "opprest the haill toun." In 1()()4 tliere was a Thomas Baird in Edin- burgli. It was not imtil 1(K)7 tliat a l^aird was found among the debtors. In that year a decess issued against AVilliam Baird, on complaint of Alexander Murray, of Halherot-kirk for debt.
^Vt the beginning of the seventeenth century and in the last decade of the sixteenth we catch occasional glimpses of the Bairds of ^Vyrshire in the Public Records, some of whicli add to our knowledge of the passing of the Bairds of Ivilhenzie. In KJOO we find the following characteristic entry.
ACTS OF CAUTION
Gilbert Ros, provost of Mavboll for John Kennedy, of Baltersan, Oliver Baird, of Kil(|ulienzie, and Gilbert Ferguson, of Balduff'; said Ferguson for Patrick Mell- vans, of Gruniet, John Corrie, of Kelwode, Hew Kennedv, of Carriehorni, for John Dik, of Barbestown, and Walter Kennedy, of Knockdone, Oliver Ros in Maybole for Hew Keiniedv in Dangei", Gilbert Kennedv, of Moun-
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unstoun, lor Artliour Kennedy in Allendbeuch and John Kennedy in Tavborak not to harm John Schaw of Keir under the pains followin<j : Kennedy of Baltersan, John Corrie, George Corrie, Kennedy of (yarnehorne, Kennedy of Fen([uhizzie, Baird of Kikjuhinzie, ^000 marks, each ; rest L 1000 each.
Nearly a century hiter, in 1692, Archibald Baird, an Irish refugee, was imprisoned at Paisley for house- breaking. Tlie sheriff thought tlie probation "scrimp" (scanty) and was convinced tliat extreme poverty liad been a great temptation to him to commit the crime. Seeing, however, that he was a proper young man for military service and willing to go over to Flanders to figlit against the Frencli, the sheriff delayed pronounc- ing sentence upon him. The council, without any ceremony, ordered that Baird shoidd be transported to Flanders as a soldier. At that time it was custo- mary for prisoners confined in the Scottish jails to purchase tlieir liberty by enlistment. Young l^aird evidently thought it was preferable to be shot in the I^ow Countries than to be hanged in the Lowlands.
Besides the Bards of Auchmedden and the Bardes of Kilhenzie, there are many early l^ards, Bardes and Bairds that the data gathered for this compilation leaves unplaced. Among these was one Robert Baird or Bard, who is mentioned in the Chartulary of Pais- ley, in 1233, of whom nothing definite is known. There is also extant a charter granted by King Rob- ert Bruce to Robert Baird in 1310, upon the barony of Cambusnethan. This was, perhaps, the Robert Bard whose name was on "The Ragman's Roll," and who was executed by King Edward II. Mr. Nisbet
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says tliat the estate went to Sir Alexander Stuart, afterwards of Darnley who married the heiress, Jean 15aird, about 1»3()0, and tliat in 1890 he gave it to Sir Thomas Somer\'ille, of Carnwath, who married his daugliter. Sir Tliomas Somerville was the ancestor of Lord Somerville. In Dalrymple's Collections it is said that Baird of Carnwath, in Clydesdale, County of Lanark, with otlier three or four gentlemen of tliat name, being convicted of a conspiracy against Robert l^ruce, in a Parliament held at Perth, were forfeited and put to death, and the lands of Carnwath gi\'en to Sir Alexander Stuart of Darnley by that Prince.
Tlie Exchequer Rolls show that in 1898 95 one A\^illiam Hard paid a large sum of money for a debt of the King for furnishing supplied at Pertli. ^Vt the same period Ricliard Bard, clerk of Liverance, wliose name in Latin is gi\en as Ricardo de Bard, attests to the grinding of wheat and malt by baillies of Perth, and also to the payment of money for hire at the King's larder at l*erth. In 1394 he received money to pay the King's officers and was paid for ser^'ices to tlie King and for expenses at Scone and Perth at the Exchequer and Council. In 1880 Sir Alexander de Bard received })ayments of money upon the ordei* of the VaiyI of Strathern. The name of Barde or Baird also appears in connection with the charters of the Abbey of Crosraguel. Ciilbert Baird, of Kilhenzie, was a witness to a gift by Quinton, the abbot, to the Earl of Cassilis, May 19, 1548. The name of Jacobo Bard is found in a precept by Colin, abbt)t of Crosra- guel, relating to the lands of Alticapeand, August 29, 1490. In 1578, Mathow Baird was sheriff of Ayr.
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Among the later descendants of the ancient family of Baird or Bard we have fragmentary genealogies of the Bairds of Lochwood, of Stichill and Strichen, of Closeburn, and of Cowdam.
Alexander Baird of I^ochwood, in Lanarkshire, by his wife, Jane Moffat, had three sons:
I. John Baird (died in 1870) of ITrie and Loch- wood, married Margaret Findlay, daughter of John Findlay, of Springhill, Lanark; they had issue:
1. Alexander (born in 1849) of Urie and Rickarton, Kincardineshire, was educated at Harrow. He is J. P. and D. L. for the comity of Kincardine, and Lord of the barony of Urie. He married in 187-5, Annette Maria Palk, daughter of Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart.; thev have issue: John Lawrence, b. in 1874.
2. John (born in 1852), of Lochwood, Lanarkshire, and Knovdart, Inverness-shire, was educated at Harrow and Christ College, Oxford. He inherited Knoydart from his uncle, James Baird of Cambusdoon, in 1876. He is J. P. for the county of Inverness. Mr. Baird mai'- ried in 1878, Constance Emilia Harford, daughter of John Battersby Harford, Blaise Castle, Gloucester- shire, England; they had issue: James Alexander, b. in 1879.
II. William Baird, of Elie, was J. P. for Elie and M. P. for Falkirk, 1841 47. He married and had issue :
1. William (born in 1848), of P^lie, is lord of the bar- onies of Eh'e, Fifeshire, X:c. He inherited the fine estate of his uncle, James Baird of Cambusdoon.
2. Jane, married in 1862, Captain James George Baird-Hav, of Belton.
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III. James Haird (born in 1808 — died in 1870)' was J. P. of Cambiisdoon and Anchmedden, and M. P. for Falkirk. In 1852 he bonght a fine property composed cliiefly of the lands of Greenfield, originally purchased from the town of Ayr by Elias Cathcart, ancestor of Lord ^\ Ho way. Later he acquired the lands of Middle ^Vuchindraine from Mr. Cathcart. He built a neat (Gothic church on the opposite side of the road from old Kirl Alloway. Mr. Baird married (1), in 1852, Charlotte Lockhart, daughter of Robert Lockhart ; (2), in 1859, Isabella Agnew Hay, daughter of Rear-Admiral James Hay. He liad no issue.
BAIRDS OF STICHILL AND STRICHEN
(Tcorge Haird (died in 1870), of Stichill and Strichen, Aberdeenshire, married C^ecilia Hatton, daughter of Captain Villiers Francis Hatton ; they had issue :
1. George Ak'xander, l)oni in 1861. BAIHD OF CLOSEBURX
Douglas Raird (died in 1854), of Closeburn, Dum- frieshire, married Charlotte iVcton, daughter of Henry Acton; they had issue, twin daughters:
1. Jane Isabella, married in 1869, Frederick Ernest
Villiers.
^. Cliarlotte Mai'ion, married in 1869, \ iseount Cole.
BAIRDS OF COWDAM
William Haird, previous to 1700, owned the small property of Cowdam or Coodam, in the parish of Symington, ^Vyrshire. The original grantee of the
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lands of the town of Synion, Symonstoun, was Symon Locard, in llGl, He also owned a manor of the same name in Lanarkshire. William Baird of Cowdam, had sasine of several houses in Kilmarnock, July 7, 1704, and Margaret Aird, his wife, had sasine in liferent of an annuity of 20 lb. furth of the lands of Barwhilhm, August 80, 1706, and of an annuity of ^120 Scots, furth of the lands of Prestwick-Shaws, November 28, 1707. Besides, AVilliam Baird and his wife Margaret had sasine in liferent of the two merk land of Helentown Mains, March 25, 1709. William and JNIargaret Baird had issue :
1. Adnni, (liviiio; in 1734), had fie in the two nierk land of Helentoun Mains, and he obtained sasine of houses and yards in Kihnarnock, as eldest son of Wil- liam Baird, of Cowdam, deceased, February 4, 1710; he also had sasine of the lands of Over and Nether Cowdam, August 19, 1712.
2. William, had the annuity of the lands of Barwhil- lan, etc., in fee.
3. John, had the annuity of the lands of Prestwick- Shaws, in fie.
4. Helen, had sasine in liferent of certain sums furth of the lands of Crossflatt, May 24, 1700.
VI
^inHE names Harde and Bard, later Haird and -■- Beard, tliough transplanted to England and Scotland in tlie Middle Ages, like that of many of the Bard families in America, are of Huguenot, German, and perhaps even Italian origin. Indeed, it was from the Society of the Bardi of Florence, that King- Edward II borrowed the money required for carrying on the Scotch war. For the reimbursement of these loans Doffus de Bard, in 181(), obtained an order to Collectors of custom of wool, hides and wool pelts in Port of London to pay them^the King's merchants ' 1()0() pounds from the increment or 10 shillings on each sack of wool, 10 shillings on each last of hides and 10 shillings on every 800 wool fells exposed by alien merchants and of the increment of half a mark on each sack of wool, half a mark on each last of liide and one half mark on every .'JOO wool fells exported by native merchants as the King owes the said mei'chants great sinns of money. This Doffus is frequently mentioned; even the Abbot of (Trynnnesby owed him money. In 1880. 4 Edward III, tlierc is acknowledo-ment of the King's indebtedness to Bartholomew de Barde and other merchants of the Society of the Bardi of various loans, with provision for repayment, including the King's moiety of the first year's collection of a foiu-- yearly tenth imposed by the Pope on tlie Clergy of England, Ireland and ^^^ales. The same year at the
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King's request Barde and his associates loaned money to Roger de Morton Mari, earl of March, in aid of the marriage of his daugliter with the eldest son of Thomas. Earl of Norfolk and Marshall of England, with promise to pay the same a fortnight after Easter. In the period covered by Rymer's " Foedera " the names of Barde and Baird are common in the court records. In 1317, Edmund Baird, among others, was pardoned by King Edward II for killing Pierce Gaveston. This Gaveston was a foreigner, sprung from a family of Guienne, who was young Edward's friend and companion diu'ing liis father's reign, but had been banished for his sliare in intrigues that divided Edward from his son. Cxaveston was recalled upon the new King's ascension, created Earl of Corn- wall, and placed at the head of administration. Gay, genial and tlu'iftless, lie had the wit, audacity and recklessness of the Cxaul. He goaded the baronage with taunts and defiances. In liis reckless speech the Earl of I^ancaster was "the Actor," Pembroke, "the Jew," and Warwick, "the Black Dog." The taunts and defiance of the bold favorite of a weak king hurled against a strong baronage could not last, and after a few months of power (xaxeston was again banished, only to be recalled by the King and be- headed on Blacklow Hill by a party under the "Black Do"' " of AVarwick, of which Baird was one. This Ednumd Baird or Bard, it may be assumed, was the ancestor of the Bards of North Kelsey, and from his attitude toward Elizabeth Bard, widow of Robert, he was probably of the same stock as the Bards of Banff and the Bairds of Auchmedden.
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^Vnother Burd, who was a inaii of some import- ance diii'in(( the reign of Edward II, was Nichohis Barde, baihffof Sandwich in 1315. He married Joan, the coheiress of Margaret, the wife of Robert de JNIethele. Other Enghsh Bards continued to take part in affairs both at home and abroad. In 1818, Simon Baird was givxn a commission to levy men for the war against Scothmd. Among tlie Seneschals recognized by King Richard II in his French prov- inces in 1888 were the Sienr de la Barde and his lien- tenants for the JVIarch of Agenoys and Guertyn. Apart from the j)ossible jirogeny of Le Seigneiu' de Barde, wlio accompanied the C'onqneror into Eng- land, and of Walter de Barde, of the county of Devon, who was one of the volunteers in tiie expedi- tion of Thomas of I^ancaster to Ireland in 1408, tlie English province of Bourdeaux, as it then was. was full of Bardes, who acknowledged alleoiance to the Plantagenet Kings of England. In 1408, I^eonard Baird, bastard son of Sir Anthony de Baird, both li\ - ing in Bourdeaux, was granted letters of legitimaza- tion by King Henry IW under the (Treat Seal at Westminister. Bos de la Barde, Esquire, had a grant of dwelling houses in the city of Bourdeaux from Hemy W, the sale of wliicli to John Dupont was confirmed by Thomas Duke of Clarence, in 1412. Robert Barde was named in a commission of arroy for Estrythyngem, a part of the county of York, by King Henry A^I, March 11, 1427. Numerous as were the French Bardes with English affiliations, a glance at the genealogy of the Bards of I>incolnshire will show, however, that their progenitor, if not Saxon,
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must Imve come to England with the Conqueror. Clarenceux derives the pedigree from Edmond Bard, of Barforth.
Adam Bard, great-great-grandson of Edmond, as shown by the accompanying pedigree, married the daughter and heiress of Dampeur, of North Kelsey, I^incohishire, and acquired the Dampeur estate in right of his wife, which was afterw^ard for many cen- turies the principal seat of the Bards of North Kel- sey. From Adam Bard the direct line of the Bards of North Kelsey was continued unbroken and with- out any ofF-shoots, so far as is known, through five generations to 'Jliomas Bard, who was married to Eleanor Hansard, daughter of Sir Richard Hansard, of Kelsey, Knt. Thomas Bard, by his wife Eleanor Hansard, had three sons, llalph, his heir, Robert, and Thomas, and a daughter ^Vlice, who was married to John Trowsdale.
Ralph Bard, son and heir of Thomas Bard and Eleanor Hansard, his wife, was married to Ellen Mussenden, daiiirhter of John Mussenden, and anion"f other children, had AVilliam Bard, his heir. This William Bard, who died in 1580, was married to Ellen IMiddleton, daughter of Thomas JNIiddleton, of \\'intringham. Comity Lincoln, and had a son and heir, Ralph Bard, and a daughter Frances, who was married to AVilliam Roche, of Bresby, Lincolnshire. Ralph Bard, son and heir of William Bard and Ellen Middleton, his wife, who was born in 1562, married Margaret Gilby, daughter of George (rilby, of Staun- ton in the Hold, County Lincoln. He was the father of nine children: Thomas Bard, his lieir; George
CHART OF THE EARLY BARDS OF NORTH KELSEY Ediiiond Bard, of Barforth
I
Alexander, married , daughter of Joliii Brifrvitld
John, married , dausliter of Sir Jolin BronKli, Kut.
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Gosling, married . daiislitcr of Tliomas Denbv
I
Adam, married . datisliter of Dampeur
I
Adam, married , dautrliter of Jolm Derby
I
Thomas, married Mar^Mret, daughter t)f John Yardborou{;li
I
John, married Elizabeth, daughter of William Dallison Jt)hn, married , daufrhter of John Meneage
, I
Thomas, married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Richard Hansard
Ralph Aliee
Married Ellen, daugh- Married JoIdi T rowsdale
ter of Jolm Mus- senden
William
Married Ellen, daughter of Thomas Middleton
Ralph Frances
Married Margaret, Married William
daughter of George Roche Gil by
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Bard, wlio came to tlie Bar at Ct ray's Inn in 1593 ; John Bard, twin brother of George ; AVilhani Bard, known as W^ilhani Bard of Talbyi>ath, County Lin- cohi ; Edward Bard ; Ehzabeth Bard, married Thomas Code, of Castor, County Lineohi ; Susan Bard, married Richard Beason, of North Kelsey ; Ann Bard, married Richard Batem; and Magdalen Bard. Thomas Bard, of North Kelsey, son and lieir of Ralpli Bard and JMargaret Gilby, his wife, came to the 15ar at (irays Inn in 1591. He was married to p]ihzal)etli Rossiter, of Somerby, and liad two sons, Richard Bard, who was killed in Fleet street, Lon- don, November 8, 1G24, in his ITtli year, and AVil- liam Bard. Tliis William Bard, who was born Sep- tember 2(), 1()15, and died Fcl)ruary 5, 1639 40, suc- ceeded his brotlier, Richard Bard, as heir of the estate of Nortli Kelsey. He was married to Eliza- beth Grazebrook. dauglitei' of l{owland Grazebrook and Sil)ilhi Vardley, his wife. She was baptized October 2. 1()()8. \\^illiam and Elizabeth Bard had an only son, William Bard, wlio was born in 1()3().
Robert Bard, of Tevelby, i. e. Tealby, second son of Tliomas Bard and L],leanor Hansard, his wife, died in 1537. His will was dated February 10, 1530 37. and proved ^Vpril 24, 1537. He was married and had a son, John Bard, of Tevelby and Ladford, who died October 18, 1505, leaving no cliildren, and two daughters. Joan Bard (born in 1529), married Ricliard Osney, of \\^illingham, and Isabella Bard, (born in 1531), who married Joland,
Thomas Bard, youngest son of Thomas Bard and Eleanor Hansard, liis wife, died in 1544. He was
38 THE BARD FAMILY
supervisor of his brother Robert's will. His own will was dated May 23, 1544, and proved July 28, 1544,
He was married to ^Vlison , who survived him.
He was the father of seven children: Thomas, Mary, xVgnes, Christopher, Helen, Margaret and William. Christopher Bard, son of Thomas and Alison Bard, who died in 158(5, was owner of Tealby (Trange. He was sometime partial of the Priory of Sixhills, which he settled on his son Richard, INIarch 2, 1585 86. His will was dated March 18, 1585 8(), and proved
May 6, 158(). He was married to ^Vdrian ,
and liad issue: (Tcorge, Christoplier, Simon. Richard and Klizabetli, wlio married Clark,
George Hard, the eldest son of Christopher and iVdrian 15ard, of Tealby Grange, was vicar of Staines, in County Middlesex. He died in KJKk His will was dated October KJ, 1(51 5. and proved ^Vugust 24, 161(). Rev. (Tcorge Hard was married to Susan Dudley, daughter of John Dudley, of I^ondon, who survived him; their children were: W^illiam Hard, an apprentice in 1(115; Maximilian 15ard, later of Ham- mersmith, County Middlesex; (rcorge Bard, living in 1615 ; Henry Bard,\ iscount Bellamont; and Margaret and Klizabeth Bard, both living in 1615.
Richard Bard, yoimgest son of Christopher and ^Vdrian Bai'd on whom his father settled Tealby Grange, was born in 1581. He was married June 5, 1621 (lie.) to Margaret r.,e Lee, of \\^alesbury; they had two sons in 1627: Francis Bard and Christopher Bard.
Maximilian Bard, son of the Rev. (TCorge Bard, vicar of Staines, County Middlesex, and Susan Dud-
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ley, his wife, was born in U>0(), and died February 1(), 1690-91. He is generally deseril)ed as of Hammer- smith, County Middlesex, and was a eitizen and girdler of London. His liouse and sliop at Cheapside was held of the (Goldsmiths' Company and ealled tlie three "Blaek Hirds." He was lord of tlie manors of CaversHeld, Hueks. and Pallenswiek. in FuUiani, IVIiddlesex. His estate was valued at /4().()()(). His will was dated JNIareli '2{\, 1(589, and proved Oetober 8, 1690. He was aeti\e in l)elialf of tlie Crown early in tlie eivil strife that resulted in the dethronement and exeeution of Kini»' Charles I. iVn ordinance of both Houses of l*arliament, dated \oveml)er 17, 1641, empowered him, with others, to take and seize horses; this was revoked .hdy 'io, 1(542, but in Sep- tember following" he was appointed by the Lords and Commons to puirhase horses for one thousand dratJ-oons. raised to suppress the mali()iiants in Lan- cashire. In I)eeeml)er, 1642, with others, he sii>ned a petition to the House of Conmions seeking- Col- onel Lunsford's removal from his post of Lieutenant of the Tower. In 1650, he purchased the manor of Pallenswiek, in Fulham. and in 16.5.*}, the manor of CaversHeld, in Bucks. His e])ita])h in Ca\ erstield ChiH'ch, on a l)lack mnrl)le in the pavement, is as follows: "Here lyeth the Body of Maximilian Bard, Esquire, who deceased the 16th day of Fel)ruary, in the year of our Lord 1690, in the 85th year of his a^e." Mr. Bard was twice married. He was married (1), at Hackney, September 10, 1(582, to Mar<>aret Strange, probably a sister of his second wife, and (2), to Sarah Strange, living' in 1(591. dauyhter of
40 THE BARD FAMILY
John Strange, of I^ondon. To his second wife he gave lands in JNIuswell Hill, parish of Bonetall, County Bucks, in lieu of dower for life, and also in Caversfield, Bucks. His children were all of the first marriage. Thomas Bard, of Hammersmith, and afterwards of Caversheld and Fox-cote Manor-house by Buckingham, eldest son of Maximilian and Mar- garet Bard, was born in 1636. He was married (1),
to Mary , and had a son, Sanuiel Bard, who
was baptized at Hammersmith, October 29, 1668, and was biu'ied there, April 19, 1669. By a second marriage, he had a son, George Bard, who was liv- ing in 1704. William Bard, the second son of Maxi- milian and Margaret Bard, was born in 1640, and died in 169,5. He was of St. John's. Hackney, and a citizen and girdler of London. His will was dated December 17, 1()94, and proved April 24, 1695. He
was married to Rebecca , who survived
him, by whom he had two sons, JNLiximilian and Thomas, and two daughters, Mary and Sarah, all living in 1687. Another son of Maximilian and ^Margaret Bard was Nathaniel Bard, of Caversfield, who married his cousin, Persiana Bard, daughter of Viscount Bellamont; they had a son, William Bard, who died without issue and a daughter, Sarah Frances Bard, (buried at Albury, November 7, 1764), who married Henry Harcourt, Esq., (buried Xo^ ember 9, 1748). of Pendley, in Albury, Herts. Her son, Richard Bard Harcourt, went to Ireland and settled in County Antrim. Other cliildren of Maximilian and Margaret Bard were Christopher Bard, who was matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford. Decem-
A CHRONICLK OF THE BARDS 41
ber 9, 1()58; Joseph Bard, bjiptized at St. Peter's, Cheapside, London, Oetober 9, 1646, and Elizabeth Bard, baptized at St. Peter's, March 30, 1649.
Henry Bard, a yonnger son of the Kev. George Bard, of Staines, and Susan Dudley, his wife, was born about 1(507, and died in 16(>0. He was a fel- low and 1). C. L. of King's College, Cambridge. During the ci\ il commotions of the reign of Charles I, he was a colonel in the royal army. Colonel Bard was knighted by his royal master, November 22, 1643; created a baronet, October (5, 1644; and made Baron Bard, of Drombey, and \^iscount Bellamont in the peerage of Ireland, July 8, 1646. His lord- ship, proceeding on an embassy from Charles H, then in exile, to the coiu't of Persia, was overtaken by a whirlwind in tliat country and choked by tlie sand; the melancholy event occurred in tlie year 1660, wlien all liis honours, including the l)aronetcy, expired. I^ord Bellamont was married in 1645, to Anne Gardyner, daughter of Sir W^illiam Gardyner, Knt., of Peckliam, Surrey. She died in St. Martin's in the Fields, in J^ondon, in 1(>()8. I>ord BeUamont had one son, Charles Uuj^ert Bard, who was born January 1, 1()47 48, and died in 1()()5, and was the second N'iscount Bellamont. He was slain on the Island of St. Christoplier. Leaving no issue, the peerage expired with liim. Besides liis heir, tlic first Viscount Bellamont was survived by three daughters, Anne, Frances and Persiana Bard. By some gene- alogists Anne Bard, of whom nothing definite is known, has been confounded with her sister Frances. Frances Bard was privately married, it is alleged, to
42 THE BARD FAMILY
Prince Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Duke of Cumberland, who died November 27, 1682. In his will, dated two days before his death, he mentions his " natural son," Dudley Bard, who was killed at Buda, July 18, 1686, aoed about twenty years. Persiana Bard, as already noted, married her cousin, Nathaniel Bard, of Caversfield.
Arms of the Rev. Geoi'ge Bard, of Staines. Or, three lions passant, Az. within a bordure of the same.
Arms of MaximiHan BanI, Hannnersmith. Gu., two Hons passant Or, within a bordure engr. Az.
Arms of \ iscount Bellamont. Sa. on a chevron, between ten martlets ar., five plates.
VII
A CURIOUS example of composite genealogy ^'-^ was exliihited a few years ago by a New York pretender to extraordinary familiarity with the par- ish registers of (Treat Britain and Ireland, who pieced together selected names and dates from three of the foreo'oino- families, — the Bairds of Anchmedden, the Bardes of Kilhenzie and tlie Bards of Xorth Kelsey, — creating a fictitious pedigree that had all the marks of historical interest and accuracy. Begiiming with the seven generations of the descendants of Kdniond Bard, of Barforth, as a foundation, he inserted an alleged (Gilbert Bard into the Family Tree of the Bards of North Kelsey, Lincolnshire, England, and at the chronological moment transplanted him to Scot- land to become the putative founder of the Bardes of Kilhenzie, IMaybole, ^Vyrshire. After this deft union of the two families, which required little more tlian a stroke of his pen, it was easy going for this accomplished genealogist until he came to the third and last (Gilbert Barde of that ilk. Coming to the end of that line, he accepted a hint from the geneal- ogist of the Bairds of Anchmedden, and at the chronological moment sent the children of tlie last of the Bardes of Kilhenzie to Ireland to establish a family for wiiich he gives authorities that are faulty and in many cases do not exist at all. A brief sum- mary of the vital part of this "History," so called, cannot fail to prove interesting by sliowing tlie bold
44 THE BARD FAMILY
forgeries to which some genealogists resort in sup- plying their customers with what they sell as authentic information.
A HOME-MADE GENEALOGY
Gilbert Bard, son of Oliver Barde, of Kilheiizie, married circa 1600, Lillias ; they had issue:
I. Richard, (II).
^. Archibald, went to Ireland w ith his l)rother, Richard. 3. Lillias, went to Ireland with her brothers, Richard and Archibald.
II. Richard Bard, putative son of Gilbert and Lillia* Bard, went to Ireland, and, with his brother Archibald and sister Lillias, settled near Tara, Co. Meath, a few years previous to his marriage. He is mentioned in 1683, in "Lujuisitiones ad Capellum Scotiae"" as late of Kilhenzie, son of Gilbert Bard and I^illias, his wife. Richard Bard man-ied in 1680, Mar<2;aret Keiniedy, of Kilhen/ie, Avr, Scotland ; thev had issue:
1. Richard.
2. Archibald, (HI).
3. Gilbert, married and had issue.
4. Bernard, died in 1714, s. p.
III. Archibald Bard, (born near Tara, Co. Meath, Ire- land, Julv 9, 1680), son of Richard Bard and Mar- garet Kennedy, his wife, married April 17, 1707, Olivia Parkei-, dau<i;hter of Bernard Parker and Olivia Polsagh (Polsat^h Coll. X, 74, 9^), and they had issue:
1. Bernard, (IV).
2. Archibald, (V).
3. Olivia, (born September 9, 1711), married Samuel Robinson, and had issue.
A CHRONICLE OF THE BARUS 45
Mem. — Olivia Bard, a widow, executed a deed in 1738, in which she gave all hei- Cattell and Chattels to her youngest son, Archibald; "My eldest son, Barnard, now in Pennsylvania." (P. C. M. 43, 82).
IV. Bernard Bard (born near Tara, Co. Meath, Ireland, June 3, 1708), putative son of Archibald Bard and Olivia Parker, his wife, emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1737, settling on Carroll's tract, York, now Adams Co., where he built a mill. He married in Ireland, March 6, 1734, Martha McDowell, daughter of James McDowell, who emigi-ated to I'einisylvania with his daughter Jane and son James, in 1737 (McDowell Coll. B. 23, and Rec. of Presbytery). Bernard Bard and Martha Mc- Dowell, his wife, had issue:
1. Richard (born Jan. 5, 1735), came over with his father in 1737, aged 2, his mother having died in childbirth, March 19, 1735.
V. Archibald Bard (born near Tara, Co. Meath, Ire- land, March 14, 1709), putative son of Archibald Bard and Olivia Parker, married Sarah McCabe; they had issue.
1. Bernard, born March 15, 1735; died voung.
2. Richard, born Feb. 8, 1736.
Tlie interest attaehino- to this fietitioiis o-cnealogy is not in its fraudulent eliaraeter so mucli as in the sources from which its names were drawn. (Tilbert, with which it hetji-ins. was a nanie frequently used in tlie ancient sept of the Bardes of iMaybole. It was introduced l)ecause it represented the first and last of the Bardes of Kilhenzie. Only an assum})tion was necessary to link it to the earlier oenerations of the Bards of North Kelsey. The last mention of the last Gilbert Barde in known records was in KHl). /Vccord-
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ingly, it seemed as if our constructive genealogist missed the chronological moment in not sending him and his sons to Ireland in the wake of the servitors in the Plantation of Ulster, instead of detaining them in obscurity in JMaybole for sixty years after the pos- session of Kilhenzie had gone to Alexander Kennedy, of Craigock. It is not worth while, however, to lament this poetic fault, because another sixty years elapsed after the supposed settlement of Richard and Archibald Bard, sons of (Tilbert, in Ireland, before there is mention of a Gilbert Baird in the Record Office, Dublin. This was in the administra- tion on the estate of Gilbert Baird, of Rashee, or Ballynashee, Co. Antrim, January 26, 174-1.
The unusual juxtaposition of Richard and Archi- bald as names of the sons of a Scotch laird was due to exigencies that confronted the genealogist in find- ing acceptable ancestors for an American family. The juxtaposition actually existed in the names of father and son on an American plantation, in 1741. It was not difficult for an imaginative genealogist to make them equally apposite at Kilhenzie and at Tara, in IGSO, If this compiler of genealogies war- ranted to fit the needs of every customer had. actually known the names of the father and grandfather of Archibald Bard, the first of the name to emigrate from Ireland to Pennsylvania, he might still have clung' to the Kilhenzie stock, but he would have substituted William and David for his first Archi- bald and Bernard. With his facility for fictitious dates as applied to real names he would have been fully as successful in imposing upon himself, at
A CHRONICLE OF THE BARDS 47
least, as he was in his own mind in building a genealogical structure with Bards that never ex- isted. It may be doubted, however, that he would have attempted to include any of the real Bards, Bairds, or Beards of Ireland in his genealogical patchwork.
VIII
WHETHER any of the Bards of North Kel- sey, of Staines, or of Hammersmith and Caversfield, were among the early emigrants to America is a problem that is not easily solved because of the meagreness of oin- knowledge of the family and its connecting links in the se^'enteenth century, but some fragmentary genealogies that liave been preserved show that it is not insoluble. One Robert Bard, or Beard, died in St. JNIary's county, JNld., about 1G85. In liis will, which was dated JMarch 18, 1088, and proved August 7, 1685, he left a plantation called "Beard's Choice" to a son not named of liis brother Christopher, '"if he come into Maryland within ten years." Of the PZnglish antecedents of tliis Bard, or Beard, we liave no knowl- edge, but he may ha\'e been a brother of Christo- pher Bard, who was a son of Richard Bard, of Tealby Grange. It is also possible that he was a son of JNIaximilian Bard, of Hanunersniith, and that by his brotlier Christopher was meant tliat Christopher Bard, who was matriculated at A\^adham College, Oxford, in 16,58. Robert Beard, of St. Mary's, Md., left no male issue, and in bequeathing "Beard's Choice" to the unnamed son of his brother Chris- topher, his purpose evidently was to entice one of the name into the province. The bulk of his estate, comprising three tracts, "St. Margaret's Field," "St. Margaret's Forest" and "Speedwell," which con-
(48)
A CHRONICLE OF THE BARDS 49
tiiined 800 acres, went to his gnindsons, \A'^illiain and Robert JNIeakin. In liis will, Robert Beard named his daughter Margaret, and son-in-law, Wil- liam Meakin, as his executors and residuary legatees and he also mentioned another daughter, Elizabeth JNIeakin.
Another early Maryland family that may have been allied with the Bards of North Kelsey was represented in ^Vnne Arundel county, by Richard Beard, before 1054. He became a prominent man in the province and was a member of tlie INIaryland Assembly, 1602-7S. His name frequently occurs in the proceedings of that body. In May, 1000, he was appointed one of a committee to draw u]) anew the act concerning hog-stealers. He served on the connnittee for the re-survey of Anne ^Vrundel coimty and he was also on the committee for the erection of a courthouse for the county. For many years he was a justice of the })eace. A\niether he was a member of tlie Society of Friends has not been as- certained, but wliile he was a member of the assem- bly he subscribed in l)ehalf of Quaker bretliern to a Quaker petition for the alteration of the form of oatli. He died about 1()81. His will was dated July 24. l()7o, and proved August 10, 1081. In this instrument lie named his wife Rachel, liis sons Richard and John, and his dau"hters Ruth, Re- becca and Rachel. Richard Beard, son of Richard and Rjichel Beard, was, like liis father, prominent in public affairs in Anne ^Vrundel county. He served as deputy surveyor of the county of Anne iVrundel and as one of the county commissioners. He was
50 THE BARD FAMILY
also a member of the Maryland Assembly. His two sons, Richard and jVIattliew Beard, are mentioned in the will of John Wheeler, of Anne Arnndel county, in 1684. Other early Beards of the prov- ince of Maryland were Lewis Beard, of Somerset, and AA^illiam Beard, of Dorchester county. None of these families have been traced and tlie few facts concerning them that are presented here are given merely to show tlie early appearance of the Beard name in the Maryland Archives.
In the study of the co-related families included in this volume the task was rendered exceedingly difficult at the outset by certain deeply rooted pre- conceptions, that resulted in an erroneous miscon- ception as regards the conmion origin of the early Protestant emigrants from Ireland to Pennsyhania. This misconception in ^Vmerica is embalmed in the compound word Scotch-Irisli. ^Vs a matter of fact many of the early settlers west of the Susquehanna, whose descendants are now classed as Scotch- Irish, including some of the Presl)yterian families, were Anglo-Irish, not Scotch. Among these are the Bards, of " Carroll's Delight"; the Butlers, of Vork and Cumberland counties; the Poes, of Baltimore, Marsh Creek and the Conococlieague ; and the Pot- ters, of Brown's Mill. The Barde or Beard family of Ireland goes back to the time of Queen Elizabeth, if not earlier, and tlie Butlers were there in the tliir- teenth century. The Bardes, or Beards, of Queen's county spring from AA^illiam Barde, or Beard, wlio was in Ireland under Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy, and nnist liave borne an important part in
A CHRONICLE OF THE BARDS 51
the advance of the Enghsh army from the Pale in 1557, because as early as 15()8, he was granted a messuage in Maryborough, comprising seven cot- tages; besides (50 acres arrable, and 40 acres pas- ture wood and underwood, or 100 acres in all, in Colte; and 12 acres arrable, and 4 acres pasture and underwood, or 1(5 acres, in Ballycorballe or Ballicor- bett, all in Queen's county. Indeed, Barde may have been in Maryborough as early as the reign of Philip and Mary. Botli the county and assize town owe their existence to the Queen and were named in her honor. Queen's county was erected from the ancient territory of Leix, and Maryborough was constituted a county and assize town because of its central situation, and its proximity to a strong for- tress tliat liad been erected to retain this part of the country in obedience to tlic Knglisli crown, after its reduction by tlie Earl of Sussex, the predecessor of Sidney, as Lord Deputy, In 1570 Queen Elizabeth granted to the inhabitants of Maryborough a char- ter and corporation wliich conferred upon it the privileges enjoyed by tliose of \aas, Drogheda and Dundalk.
\Villiani Barde. of Maryborough, Queen's county, Ireland, was ap})arently a native of England, although no proofs liave been found that lie was of the Bards of North Kelsey. He died about 1588, as appears from a grant, (under a conmiission dated 17tli January, '2C)th Eliz.), to Patrick Crosby, gent., of the wardsliip and marriage of Thomas Beard, son and heir of AVilliam Beard, late of Colte, in Queen's county, and the custody of his lands during his
52 THE BARD FAMILY
minority. William Barde, or Beard, married Jane Butler, who was probably of the House of Ormond, and of the same family as the "•fighting Butlers" of the Cumberland Valley.
Thomas Beard, son and heir of William Barde and Jane Butler, liis wife, died March 31, 1()40. He is described in his will, pro\'ed xVpril 8, 1()4<(), as of Smithstown, County Meath. To him the inheritance of land in and about Maryborough proved a curse in the disguise of a blessing. \Vhen his father died he was still very young. In 1588, Patrick Crosby, gentleman, who seems to have liad great facilities for getting other people's lands in Ireland, obtained a grant from Queen Elizabeth of the wardship and marriage of tlie minor, and the custody of his lands during his minority, free of rent, retaining tliirty shillings a year, and the value of the land for sup- port of his ward. Twenty-four years later, in 1()12, the heir obtained " I>ivery of seizin and Pardon of Intrusion" for a fine of five pounds. Tlien came the years in which King Charles I was occupied in de- vising means to raise money without the aid of Par- liament, and the Earl of Strafford, Lord Deputy, was working tlie forfeiture mill for all it was worth for his own benefit and the King's. Discoverers with eagle eyes, to use tlie language of the connnittee of the House of Conunons of Ireland to Lord Straf- ford, in 1G84, in tliat year found defects in Beard's title for the lands of Colte and Corbally, and in Maryborougli town, and December 8, 1()35, he ob- tained a warrant for a grant under the Commission for the remedy of defective titles, "in accordance
A CHRONICLE OF THE liARDS 53
with an agreement between said Beard and the Com- missioners of tlie Crown." Previous to tlie Kel)el- hon of 1()41 he sold 18f acres of the hmds of Colte to Pierce Fitzgerald. On the breaking out of the war Maryborough was one of the places held by the Confederate Catholics; it was seized by Owen Roe O'Niel in 164(>, })ut was subsequently retaken by TxH-d Castlehaven, and in 1(>5() tlie fortress was demolished by the Parliamentarian troops under Col- onels Ueynolds and Hewson. Fitzgerald forfeited his lands after the rebellion, ''as an Irish Papist," and tlie title went to Sir INlartin Xoell, a shrewd London scrivener, under the Acts of Settlement, 10()()-70. Thomas Beard married Anne Segrave, daughter of Patrick Segrave, of Killiglan, County Meath, who was a son of \^^alter Segrave, the an- cestor of the Segraves of Cabra, County Dublin. Walter Segrave was in Ireland temp. Henry A^III, —(1541). Patrick Segrave was one of the influen- tial Catholics who attended the oreat meetini»- of Tara in U>41. Tliomas and Anne (Segrave) Beard had two sons, Thomas and A\^illiani, and a daughter, Agnes. A\'illiam Beard died without issue, and Agnes Beard married pAlmund ^Vrchdeacon, who was probably of the ancient Irish family of the McP'Jligoths, of County Kerry. In A'ol. F 3. 27, in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, the name of Agnes is gi\'en as Rose, and the name of the father is given as the third son of Thomas Beard of Colkton, in ye Kings county.
Thomas Beard, of Colte, in Queen's county, son of Thomas and ^Vnne (Segrave) Beard, died July 1,
54 THE BARD FAMILY
1702. His will was dated May 22, 1702; it was proved November 10, 1702. He was buried in the parish church of Clonenagh, near his deceased son and daughter. He gave six pounds to the poor of Clonenagli and Cloneheen which contain the post town IMountrath, on the road from Maryborough to Roscrea. Mr. Beard married Anne Loftus, dauw^hter of Adam and Dorcas (Crosby) Loftus, who died in 1732. Adam Loftus was a son of Thomas Loftus, of Killyan, Coimty Meath, and Ellen Hartpole, daughter of Robert Hartpole, of Shrule, Queen's county, and a grandson of Rev. Adam I.,oftus, Arch- bishop of Dublin, and Jane Purden, his wife. Dor- cas Crosby was a daugliter of Richard Crosby, of Stradbally, Queen's County. Thomas and Anne (Loftus) Beard had a daughter, Anne, who was married to John Bradshaw. and two sons, AVilliam and Philip. AVilliam Beard was a captain in f^ord Ijisburn's regiment of Foot. Lord Lisburn, who was a relative of his mother, w^as killed at the siege of I^imerick ; it is probable tliat Captain Beard was killed at the same time. He was unmarried.
Philip Beard, younger son of Thomas and Anne (I^oftus) Beard, died in 1738. He is described in records of his time as Captain Philip Beard, of Ballyroan, and was an extensive owner of lands in Clonenagh parish, barony of Cullinagh, Queen's county. He was married in 1725 to Ellinor Bar- rington, daughter of John and Dorcas (Wheeler) Barrington, of Cullinagh. Dorcas Wheeler was a dauo'hter of Jonah Wheeler, son and iieir of Dr. Jonah AVheeler, bishop of Ossory, and Dorcas Per-
A CHRONICLE OF THE BARDS 55
ceval, of the Percevals of Egmoiit. Captain Fliilip Beard and EUinor Barrington, his wife, had a son Arthm* and a daughter Dorcas. Dorcas Beard was married, in 1759, to Wilhani Burdett, surgeon of H. M. ship, ''VA^eigle." Arthur Beard was heuten- ant in Colonel Vorke's Regiment of Foot in 1758, and the 9th Foot, in 1759. In 17()l-(>;3, he was in General \A^hitmore's regiment.
A possihle son of William Barde, or Beard, and Jane Butler, his wife, was Richard Beard, who was in the service of Francis Blennerhassett, undertaker of 1,500 acres of land in the Barony of Lurg, County Fermanagh, ahout 1(180. That Beard was a man of consequence is shown hy the fact that his arms were a sword only. The Blennerhassetts are a fam- ily of English or \W'lsh origin who settled in Ire- land in the time of Elizabeth. Thomas Blenner- hassett and his son Robert were the first settlers of the name in Ireland, wliere they obtained a part of the Earl of Desmond's possessions in County Kerry. Thomas, Sir Edmund, Francis and Leonard Blen- nerliassett were English undertakers in Lurg and Coolmakeran, now tlie Baronies of Lurg and Coole, County Fermanagli. In 1(559, Ricliard Be;ird, gen- tleman, had lands in the Barony of Dartrey, County Monaghan, but perhaps, in the parish of (Walloon, which was partly in the baronies of Knockninny and Clankelly, but chieHy in that of Coole. in County Fermanagh. This indicates tliat he was identical witli the Ricliartl Beard who came to tlie precinct of Lurg with Francis Blennerhassett. The people on Ins estate were eleven in mmibcr.
56 THE BARD FAMILY
At a later period, William Barde, or Beard, who may have been a grandson of Richard Beard, lived at Maguire's Bridge, in Aghalurcher parish. County Fermanagh. By his wife Catharine, he had a daughter Judith, married to James Guttery, of JMaguire's Bridge, and a son, xVlexander Beard, wlio was married in 1727 to INIary Corry, daughter of Robert Corry, of Corlet, in Drummuliy parish, County Fermanagh.
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^in HE two family names that liave been repro- -*- duced most frequently amono- the descendants of Archibald Bard, of " Carroll's Delight, " are Rich- ard and Archibald. The former is seldom foimd in families of Scotcli-Irish descent, while the latter is generally restricted to persons of Scotch extraction. William is a name common to the English Bardes, or Beards, and the Scotcli Bairds, but the compiler of this history lias found Arcliibald only in tlie family of A\'^illiam Baird, of Grange, in County Tyi'^^^iis- Because Archibald Bard, the ancester of the Bards, of the Conococheague, Pa., and of Bards- town. Ivy., was possibly of tliis family, what is known of the Bairds of Grange is here related.
The ancestor of the Bairds of Grange was W\\- liam Baird. His name appears on the Hearth Money Roll for 166G and another undated Roll on which are the names of John Baird of Strabane, John Beard of Tatnepoil, and John Berd of Gortevy. He lived at Grange, near the Foyle, in the parish of Donagheady, barony of Strabane, County Tyrone. The greater part of this parish was granted by James I, to Sir John Drunnnond, who founded the town of Dimamanagh, where he erected a bawn. Grange derived its name from the ancient church of (xrange, now in ruins, which belonged to the Abbey of Derry. Near the ruins is an old grave- yard that was the burial-place of the Bairds. There
(57)
58 THE BARD FAMILY
is ii number of tombstones to members of the family that were erected by Dr. Andrew Baird, surgeon R. N., who hved on the estate called Aughtermoy, near Dunamanagh. The Presbyterian Church, to which William Baird of (xrange probably belonged, was known in the Presbyterian records as Dona- gheady. John Hamilton was the minister, 1658 88. He was at the siege of Derry and was afterward minister of a church in Edinburgh. His successor was Thomas \Vinsley. 1699-1736. From these tombstone records it appears that William Baird, of Grange, had, among others, a son, John Baird, who was born in 1664, and died February 2, 1748. John Baird's tombstone, a Hat slab, is badly broken and partly illegible. The tradition is that he was twice married. By his second wife Jean, who was born in 1684, and died November 2, 1770, he had, among others, a son, William Baird.
William Baird, son of John and Jean Baird, was born in 171o, and died June 20, 1778. He owned a large estate at Thorney Hill, County Tyrone, and was buried in the Grange gra\'eyard. By his wife Martha, who was born in 1728, and died in 1798, he was the father of six sons and three daughters: John, who went to America ; Alexander, twin brother of John, who inherited the Thorney Hill estate and died unmarried ; \\^illiani ; INIargaret, married James Pollock; James; Archibald, born in 1762, who was an apprentice in Londonderry at his father's death ; Andrew, a sin-geon in the Royal Navy; Catharine and JNIary.
It was to Andrew Baird, the youngest son of
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William Baird, of Thorney Hill, that the present Baird family of Aughtermoy owes the fine estate near Diinamanagh. He was at sehool at his father's death and was to ser^ e an apprenticeship to an apothecary. He became a surgeon in the Koyal Navy, and was made the recipient of a silver pitcher, the gift of Ivord Nelson, which is still preserved at Aiightermoy. The inscription upon it is as follows:
Presented to
Andrew Bkaim), Esq., M. D.
As a mark of esteem for his humane attention
to the gallant officers and men who
were wounded off Boulog'ne
on the 16th of Auo-., 1801,
from tlieir Connnander in Chief
Vice Admiral the Rt. Hon. Horatio
Lord \ iscount Nelson,
Duke of Bronte, X;c.
Dr. Andrew Baird became the owner of an estate known as Aughtermoy in 1821), which he purchased from William Baird, the younger, third son of his brother, \^^illiam. He replaced the old house by a new structure, still standing, whicli was once a hand- some mansion, and laid out tlie grounds aroimd it in an elaborate manner. They are now falling into decay from neglect. The farm buildings had walls around them after tlie maimer of tlie bawn of the olden time in Ireland.
William Baird, son of W illiam Baird, of Thorney Hill, and Martha, his wife, was born in 1757, and died in 1844. He was one of the owners witli his brother John of the estate near Dunamana^-h, called
60 THE BARD FAMILY
Aughterinoy. If this property was acquired by William Baird of Thorney Hill, it was conveyed to John and William jointly in their father's lifetime. By Articles of Agreement made July 25, 1778, be- tween John Baird, eldest son and lieir of AVilliam Baird, and W^illiam Baird, the younger, third son of said AVilliam Baird, tliey agreed to divide the one undivided moiety. AVilliam Baird sold to his brother Andrew, B. X., September 28, 1829. He was then an old man, but he lived for fifteen years afterward. This property is now owned by Andrew Baird, son of Archibald Baird, and grandson of James Baird, of Thorney Hill. James Baird's cliildren were Archi- bald, John, a physician, Andrew, a captain in the Royal Xavy, and two daugliters. xVrchibald Baird inherited Auglitermoy from liis uncle, Dr. Andrew Baird.
So far all efforts to establish the identity of John Baird, who, according- to the traditions of the Bairds of Thorney Hill, emigrated to America, ha^ e not only proved difficult, but unavailing. The most probable conjecture, perhaps, would make him iden- tical witli John Baird, who emigrated to Pennsyl- vania soon after the middle of the eighteenth century as a young man, and entered tlie College of Phila- delpliia, in June, 1757. He was graduated in 1759, and served as a tutor, 1759-61. He was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Chiu'ch, by the Presby- tery of Xew Castle, and served the people of X^ot- tingham until 1772, when he was dismissed from his charge and spent the rest of his life on his farm, near X'^ottingliam Church. Even this assumption is
A CHRDNICLK OF THE BARDS 61
only guesswork in a case wliere one guess is as good as anotlier. Others of his name preceded liim, and still otiiers followed after liini. Tlie early Bard, Baird and Beard settlers in Pennsylvania, who came from the banks of the Foyle, in themselves make a complicated connection. Among these was John Baird, who settled in C'hristiana Hundred, in New Castle county, Del., before 1728. He was the son of James Baird, of Strabane, and lie is the oidy one of the name whose paternity in Ireland has been positively identified.
John Baird, the ancestor of the Baird family of Strabane, Coimty 'J'yrone, and tlie grandfather of Jolm Baird, of Christiana Hundred, evidently set- tled at or near Stral)anetown with James Hamilton, Earl of j^Vbercorn, at tlie Plantation of ITlster, or soon afterward. About the time of his death, which occurred between KHJl and \C>C)5, his name aj)})ears on an undated Hearth Money Roll for one hearth in Strabane. On the same roll are the names of John Beard foi- a hearth in Tatnepoil, in Leckpat- rick parish, and John 15erd. of (iortevy, in Dona- glieady parish. In KJOO. the name of Jolm Baird, Beard or Berd is not found on the Roll for any of these places. An answer made in 107<), to an Exchequer Bill of iVndrew Baird, son and heir, and claiming to be executor of John Baird, of Strabane. smith, deceased, dated January 2(5, l()7o, admits that Andrew Baird is the eldest son of John Baird, but denies that he is executor and asserts that James Baird is the "the executor of John Baird, who is in possession of the tenement named in the Bill."
62 THE BAKU FAMILY
Thus we learn that John Baird, of Strabane, had issue, among others, two sons, Andrew and James.
James Baird, the second son of John Baird, smith, of Strabane, acquired a mmiber of his father's houses and outlots at Strabane, inchiding the smithy. Ijike his father lie was a smith. His deeds were lost dur- ing the occupation of the country by the army of King James II. 1088-89, and his claim for the houses and lands, filed in 1703, was allowed. A memorial registered in the Registry of Deeds Office, Dublin, sliows that after his deatli his forge and dwelling in Strabane, two parcels of land situated above and near the Holy \\^ell. near tlie town, and the Kirriduffe townland, Termonamagan parish, County Tyrone, were sold to (xcorge INlachey or JNIcGhea. His will was dated May 30, 1719. He married and had issue: John, William, James, Syd- ney, Rebecca and Jane, married A\ inkham.
John Baird or Beard, son of James Baird, smith, of Strabane, emigrated to America soon after his father's death, and settled in Christiana Hundred, New Castle county, Del. By deeds of lease and release, dated July 4 and 5, 1728, his wife, Rebecca Beard, and his eldest son, Robert Beard, conveyed the house on wliich his father, James Beard, lived in Stra- bane, with the forge, to (xcorge Machey ; also two parcels of enclosed land near the Holy AA^ell, near Strabane town, and Kirriduffe townland in the Manor of Hastings. The deeds were executed by Rebecca and Robert Beard for themselves and for John Beard under a letter of attorney, dated February 24, 1728. The Manor of Hastings contained the town
A CHRONICLE OF THE BAliDS 6;J
of C^astlederf^'. At the time the above deeds were executed, John Beard was evidently alone in Chris- tiana Hundred, his wife and son Robert being in Ireland. It is belie\'ed that he settled in Chester county. Pa., as a John Beard was a taxable in New I^ondonderry township, 17*29-44.
W^itli this satisfactory account of the antecedents of John Baird, of Christiana Hundred, it is greatly to be regretted that we have lost trace of his rela- tions in Ireland and of liis posterity in America. Beyond tlie legal proceedings in which lie became involved and the fact that he paid hearth money in Strabane, in 16()(), we have no knowledge of Andrew Baird, John's uncle. Andrew Baird or Beard may have been the father of JNIoses Beard, who was an elder of the Presbyterian Church at LifFord, County Donegal, opposite Strabane, and was a delegate to the General Synod of Ulster, with his pastor, John Ball, in 1724. Of John Baird's brothers and sisters and their ])osterity we only know that his brother James followed the occupation of their father and grandfather— that of a blacksmith in Strabane — and that by his wife Elizabeth he had an only child, Elizabeth Baird, who was married to Arthur Car- roll or McCarroll. Even the fate of John Baird's son Robert, who was with his mother in Ireland in 1729, was left to possible oblivion.
X
XT seems desirable that we should discuss in this -■- place the possible descendants of John Baird, of Christiana Hundred, in America, but interesting as this discussion may prove, we must premise at the outset that every assumption upon which it is based is without authority for the tentati\'e pedigrees which are made parts of this chapter. These pedi- grees are all of Baird families in Pennsylvania that may have been descended from John and Rebecca Baird, of Christiana Hundred, and they are given in this place partly for that reason, but principally that they may not be lost sight of in this Chronicle of the Bards.
It has not been pro\'ed that John Baird, who was a taxable in Chester coimty, Pa., 1729-44, was identical with John Baird, of Christiana Hundred, and we have no further facts relating to either of them. Contemporary with these, the names of two other John Bairds are found in the Pennsylvania records, whose identity with them can neither be proved nor disproved. One of these seems to have come to the jNlanor of Masque, of which Gettysburg was a part, with the scjuatters in 17*39. He died about 1749-50, as letters of administration" on his estate were taken out in York coimty. Pa., Jidy 28. 1750, with liis widow, Hannah Baird, as admin- istratrix. In the lists of early settlers on Marsh creek, in what is now Adams county. Pa., as they
CHART OF THE FAMILY OF JOHX BAIRD, OF NESHAMINY
John Baird
rjohn Baird . . b. in nu: d. Heb.
24, 17<»1;
bin 1675: d. P'eb. | ried Elizabetli
21, 1748; mar- , b in 1713:
ried . ^ d. Nov, 7, 1808.
,Johii Baird
Francis Baird . b. in 1738: tl. June '27. 18:55: mar- ried Marfraret
,b. in 1761:
d. July 6, 1851.
Jennett Baird Married Alexan- der Boyd.
Anne Baird Married William Ramsey.
Elizabeth Baird Married William Riehards.
'.Sarah Baird Married Andrew Boyd.
j'Jane Baird Jolm Baird
iHnj-h Baird James Baird Robert Baird Franc-is Baird
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are printed in the local histories, his claim to lands in the manor is credited to John Baird's heirs. His wife may liave been Hannah Steward, a sister of John Steward, who died in W^arwick township, Bucks county, Pa., in 1761. In that case he was identical, with John Baird, buried in the graveyard of Ne- shaminy Presbyterian church, who was born in 1675, and died in ^^'^arwick township, Bucks county. Pa., February 21, 174<8. These four John Bairds may have been the same person as it seems unlikely that there were four individuals of like name and age living in the province at the same time. Tliese four Bairds, all named Jolm, were supplemented by hve otlier John Bairds in tlie succeeding generation, of whose paternity notliing is knoMu and whose genea- logical history is at present insoluble. These were John Baird, of Neshaminy, ancestor of tlie Bucks county Bairds; Jolm Baird, of Chester county. Pa.. ancestor of the Baird family of Wasliington county. Pa.; John Baird, of P^^ast Pennsborough township, Cumberland county. Pa.; Jolm Baird. who settled in what is now (iuilford township. Franklin county. Pa., about 1747; and John Baird, of \\^estmoreland county. Pa.
John Baird, of Xeshaminy, presumed to be a son of John Baird. of A\'arwick township, Bucks county. Pa., was born in 1714, and died February 24, 171H. He was buried in tlie graveyard of Xesliaminy Presbyterian Church. His wife, Elizabeth, was born in 1715. and died November 7. 1808. The pedigree of the family so far as it has been ascertained is given herewith.
66 THE BARD FAMILY
According to the traditions preserved by his de- scendants, John Baird, the ancestor of the Baird family of Washington county. Pa., was an officer in the British army under General Braddock, serv- ing in tlie disastrous campaign against Fort Du- quesne in 1755, and sharing in the sanguinary de- feat on the 9th of July, on the JVIonongahela; later, according to the same authorities, he served in General Forbes' expedition, in 1758, losing his life in the ambush tliat resulted in the capture of ''Gen- eral" Grant. In the family accounts he is described as Major Baird. There is at least one mistake in the foregoing statement that is obvious. "General" Grant, who commanded the detachment that was so disastrously defeated, September 14, 1758, was Major AVilliam Grant, of tlie Highlanders' regiment, in (Tcneral Forbes' expedition. Xeither in his re- port nor in any of the accounts of the defeat is there mention of a Major Baird. It seems likely tliat the person meant was Lieutenant John Baird, of Captain John Prentice's company, in Colonel Hugh Mercer's battalion, of the Pennsylvania regiment, who was commissioned April 18, 1760. Colonel Mercer was in connnand at Fort Pitt. As Lieutenant Baird's name appears on the rolls, giving the number of lots of land alloted to each officer, marked "dead," it is pro})able that he died in the service. Major or Lieu- tenant Baird married Catharine McClean, who lived at Kennett Square, Chester county. Pa., in her widowhood, where she died Xovember 28, 1802. Their only son, Absalom Baird, was a surgeon in the Revolution.
CHART OF THE FAMILY OF DR. ABSALOM BAIRD
John Baird
b. July Iti. 17S4-. d. in 18;!(i.
George Baird .
b. Oct. 28. 1T85:
d. Nov. 1, I8(i():
married Jane
John Baird .
Married Catha- rine McClean |^
I' Absalom Baird b. in 1758: d. Oct.
... 180o; mar- ried Susannah, da u frli t er of George Brown.
rJohn Baird Susan Baird Jane W. Baird Andrew Todd
Baird George W. Baird
Baird
Thomas Harlan Baird ....
h. Nov. 15, 1787; d. Nov. 22. 18m>: married Nancy McCulloutrli.
William Baird .
d. in 1834; mar- ried N a n c >■ Mitchell.
Sarah Baird . . b. March II, 1795: d. in 18.S:?: mar- rietl William Hodg-e, of Ken- tucky.
Susan Baird b. in 1796: d. July 9, 1824: married in 1 8 2 ;1. Dr. Hugh Camp- bell. Union- town. Pa.
Married George Morgan.
Thomas H. Baird
Eliza Baird Married Pat- terson
Jennie Baird Married Charles McKnight.
Margaret Baird ^Harriet Baird
^Absalom Baird,
Major-Gen. U. S. A. j William Baird
Jane Baird
Maria Baird
{George B. Hodge
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Absalom Biiird, son of John and Catharine (McClean) Baird, was born in 1758, and died Oc- to})er 27, 1805. He became a pliysician and began tlie practice of his profession at his nati^'e viUage, Kennett Square, Chester county, Pa. He served in the Revolution as siu'geon of Baldwin's regiment of Artillery Artificers from March 20, 1780, to March 29, 1781. In 1784 he removed to Washington county. Pa., and practiced there with great success imtil his death. He became a member of the State Senate in 1794. and of the Pennsylvania House of liepresentatives in 1798, and was chosen sheriff' of A\ ashington county in 1799. Dr. Baird was married July 14, 178J3, to Susanna Brown, daughter of (ieorge Brown, of Chester coimty. Pa. She died November IG. 1802. The children of Dr. Absalom and Susanna Baird were John, Cleorge, Thomas Harlan, a distinguished jurist of western Pennsyl- vania; William, the father of (Tcneral ^Vbsalom Baird, U. S. A.; Sarah, who married AV^llliani Hodii-e, of Kentucky; and Susan, wife of Dr. Hugh Campbell, of Uniontown, Pa. A pedigree of the family is subjoined.
John Baird, of Kast Pennsborough township. C\nnberland county. Pa., died in July, 1778. By liis wife Margaret, he had five cliildren: Estlier, John, Hannah, wife of David Clark; Margaret married June 2(>, 1792, David Kilgorc; and Elizabeth.
John Baird, presumed to be a son of John and Rebecca Baird, of Christiana Hundred, New Castle county, Del., removed from Chester county. Pa., with his brother Tliomas, about 1747, and settled in
68 THE BARD FAMILY
the Cumberland valley, taking up lands in Guilford township, Franklin county. As his name does not appear on the Guilford tax list of 1751, it is prob- able that he removed to Peters, where he was a taxa- ble at that time. He was appointed constable of the new township of Fannett in 1754. He was married to Agnes JMcFall, a daughter of Brise Mc- Fall. She was born in 1730, and died February 20, 1810. Their children were ^ViUiam, John, Francis, David, Isabella, Agnes and Jane. It is probable that the sons removed to Frankstown, Blair county. Pa., but the family has not been traced.
John Baird, of AVestmoreland county. Pa., was born about 1740, and died in April, 1805. His paternity has not been ascertained. He settled in Bedford, now ^^^estmoreland county. Pa., as a young man, and took up lands in Mount Pleasant township in 1772. He was appointed a justice of the peace, June 11, 1777; was a member of the Executive Council of Pennsylvania, 1786 89 ; a member of the Pennsylvania Convention of 1787, that ratified the Federal Constitution, but voted against ratification; a member of the Assembly, 1789-90, and of the first House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, under the Constitution of 1790; and one of the first Associate Judges of AA'^estmore- land county. The name of his wife was Honour or Honner but they had no children. JMr. Baird's will shows that he had two brothers, William and Cieorge, both of A\'^estmoreland county. Pa. Wil- liam Baird had three sons, John, (ieorge and Wil- liam, and two daughters, JNlartlia and Agnes. George
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Baird was captain of a company of rangers during the Revolution. He was the father of two sons, Robert and John.
The descendants of Robert Baird, son of John and Rebecca Baird, of Christiana Hundred, present a genealogical problem as complicated and obscure as that which has preceded it. He probably returned from Ireland to America with liis mother, but of this we have no certain knowledge. One Robert Baird obtained an order for the sin'\'ey of a tract of land in what is now Quincy township, Franklin county. Pa., /V])ril 2. 17<)7. Tiiis land was afterwards the Clugston and tlien tlie Kssick farms; it was not surveyed until June 5>, 17H1), when it had passed to Robert and John Chigston. A Robert Baird, probably the same who took up the Quincy land, was a taxable in Peters township iii 178(). He sold his farm, which was in what is now Montgomery township, to \\ illiani Berry hi 11, Xovember 2(>, 1792, and removed to Huntin"'don countv, where he died in the winter of 179.5 9(>. 'IMie name of his wife was Rel)ecca, but notliing furtliei- is known concern- ing her. Tlieir cliildren were Rebecca, Mary, Martlia, George, Jolm a?id Samuel. If their son John was the John Baird wlio was [i member of tlie Pennsyl- vania Convention that ratified the Federal Consti- tution of 1787, they must also liave had a son Wil- liam, besides the children named in Robert Baird's will, which was dated ^Vugust 27, 1794, and proved in Huntingdon county, February 12, 179(>.
There was still another Baird family in Pennsyl- vania contemporary with the others, the name of
70 THE BARD FAMILY
the ancestor of which has not heen ascertained. In this Baird family, Robert was a family name through at least two generations. In the Tvife of the Re\'. Robert Baird, D.I)., by his son, the Rev. Henry M. Baird, D.D., we are told that the Re^". Dr. Baird's father's family was of Scotch extraction, whicli, after a sojourn of several generations in the nortliern part of Ireland, near I..ondonderry, had emi- grated to the American Colonies and settled in the neighborhood of Lancaster, Pa. Tliis emigrant, even if not Robert Baird, who was with his mother in Ireland in 1729. may have been one of tlie sons of John and Rebecca Beard, of Cliristiana Hundred, or a son of Robert Beard, wlio was a ruling elder early in the eighteenth century in the Presbyterian congregation of Taughboyne, now St. Johnston, in county Donegal, a few miles from the city of Deny. This Robert Baird died about 1714, His will was dated December 19, 171'5, and proved June 21, 1714. He owned a mill and other property that he con- veyed to his eldest son Thomas before his death. Besides his heir he had a son John, a lieutenant in Whittam's regiment of Foot, who died in 170(5, or early in 1707, {)r()bably in Spain, and Robert, of whom we have no knowledge. Robert Baird, the father of the Rev. Dr. Robert Baird, was born in Lancaster county. Pa., December 20, 17.50, and died in Fayette county. Pa., in 188,5. "His childish recol- lections," we are told, ''were associated with incidents of the French war, some of the most thrilling acts in the border wju-fare luning occurred not far from the home of his early years." This seems to indi-
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cate that he was born in what is now l)an})hin county, near Derry Clunx'li. where there was a Baird family at a very early period, hut notliino- lias been ascertained to establish the assumption. In those early days the name of I.,ancaster was often made to embrace a very wide region, and it may be that he was a son of Thomas Baird, who lived on the Falling Spring, in the Cumberland A alley, adjacent to C'hambersburg. As a lad he served in the iVnieri- can army, in 177(), but was detained by sickness at Amboy while his company participated in the battle of Long Island. After the Revolution he settled in Fayette county. Pa., at what became New Salem, between Uniontown and Brownsville, where he secured a tract of land containing se\'eral hundred acres. He was married February 20, 17H1, to Eliza- beth Reeves, whose parents were of Knglish and Welsh descent, but natives of Long Island. In his will he mentions a wife Sarah, and four sons, JNIoses, Alexander, Aaron and Robert, as well as four daughters, Haimah (Tallaher, Lydia Miller, Susanna Burnet, and Klizabeth Dearth.
Thomas Baird, of Falling Spring, named as pos- sible grandfacher of the Re\'. Dr. Baird. was probably a son of John and Rebecca Beard, of Christiana Hundred. \ew Castle county. Del., and New London township. Chester county. Pa. He was born about 17'-4, and died before November, 177.). He came to the Falling Spring with his brother John, about 17-17. and took up 21)2 acres of land in what is now (Tuilford townshij), Franklin county, l*a., then Lancaster county. This plantation was
72 THE BARD FAMILY
adjiicent to the present limits of the borough of Chanibersburg. John Baird at the same time ob- tained a grant of 292 acres of land adjoining the Benjamin Chambers' lands on the west and nearly surrounded by his brother Thomas' tracts on the north and east. Both tracts seem soon after the surveys to have become the property of Thomas Baird, who was a taxable in Guilford township in 1751, wliile tlie name of John Baird does not appear on the tax list for tlie township. A considerable part of this land was purchased by ^Vbraham Stouffer in 1792. StoufFer came to Falling Spring from Manheim, T Lancaster county, and was, at one time, the most extensive land owner along that beauti- ful stream, either before or since his day. Only two early landmarks remain of the Baird plantations — the fine stone farmliouse built by Peter Eberly in 1798 and now owned by Thaddeus M. Mahon, and the interesting mansion built by Judge James Riddle on his Coldbrook estate, which is now the property of Augustus Duncan. Mr. Baird was a prominent man in his township, and he filled a number of town- ship offices. His wife was JNIary Douglass. A pedi- gree of the family is given herewitli.
James Baird, the eldest son of Thomas and Mary (Douglass) Baird, was born in 1748. He was a sur- veyor and assisted Captain James Potter, afterward General I'otter, in a resur^'ey of the lands of John McMillan, on the Monongahela, in March, 1771. In 1772, lie was on the assessment list for Hemp- field township, Bedford county, afterward ^^^est- moreland, where he had two tracts of land of .*}()()
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acres each. He went from Westmoreland county to Kentucky and drew lot 25, afterward No. 88, in the first drawing of lots for the town of I^ouisville, April 24, 1770. He represented Nelson county in the conventions tliat made Kentucky a state. He was married to Mary Potter, daughter of C^aptain John Potter, tlie first sheriff of Cumberland county, Pa. In liis will, (General James Potter mentions one son of tliis marriage, James Potter Baird. There was probably another son, Thomas Baird, and two daugliters. Thomas Baird died without issue, near Bardstown, Ky., in 1791. He made a will, which was proved in Nelson county, Ky., December l.*3, 1791, in wliicli lie gave to his brother James, 200 acres of land, and to his brothers-in-law, John Shields and W^illiam Wilson, 100 acres each, and named his mother as his residuary legatee.
Thomas Baird, the second son of Thomas and Mary (Douglass) Baird, was born on the Falling Spring, near Chambcrsburg, Pa., in 1754-, and died in Kentucky. He was assessed for 800 acres of land in Hempfield township, Bedford county. Pa., after- ward Westmoreland, in 1772. He l)ought from his brother John, November 14, 177<>. a part of the old Baird plantation on the Falling S])ring, which John Baird obtained under proceedings in partition in the Orphans' Court of Cumberland county. This tract he sold to Hugh (Tibb, Jaiuiary 2, 1778, by whom it was called (Tibbsburg. It subsequently became the country seat of Judge James Riddle, who bought it from (xibb's executors, Jamiary 9, 1794. On this (iibbsburg land, Judge Riddle built the fine old
74 THE BARD FAMILY
stone mansion that is still standing- and is now owned by Augustus Duncan. He was in Guilford townsliip, Franklin county. Pa., during part of the Revolution, and was enrolled in Captain A\'^illiani I^ong's Company, Cumberland County Associators, of which he was company clerk. It is supposed that he was the Tliomas Bard who was commissioned second lieutenant of Captain James Calderwood's Independent Company, January 28, 1777. This company was raised in the Cumberland \ alley, and was originally attached to the 11th \ irginia Regi- ment in the Continental service. Captain Calder- wood was killed in the battle of the Brandywine. Owing to some dissatisfaction the company was dis- banded soon after his death. Lieutenant Bard went to Kentucky witli his brother James and drew Lot No. 1, in the first drawintr of lots for the town of Louisville, April 24, 1779. He probably settled near Bardstown, but in 1795 he was living in Shelbys- ville. Ky., as is shown by his appointment as guar- dian in Cumberland county. Pa., of his son Charles. Mr. Baird married Esther Kilgore, daugliter of Charles and Jane Kiloore, of East Pennsborouffh township, Cumberland county. Pa.
Charles Baird, son of Thomas and Esther (Kil- gore) Baird, was born at Bardstown, Ky., May 23, 1777, and died at Clayvillage, Ky. He was married to Catharine Tyler, daughter of Judge John and Mary (Armistead) Tyler, of \"irginia. She was born June 13, 1777. and died August 10, 1839. Mrs. Baird was a sister of John Tyler, tenth president of the United States. Robert Baird, the eldest son of
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Charles and Catliariiie (Tyler) Baird, was born at Clay village, Ky., November 7, 171)8, and died at Shirleysburg, Pa. He was graduated M. D. at the ITniversity of Pennsylvania and practiced liis pro- fession successively at Cassville, Three Springs, and Shirleysburg, in Huntingdon county. Pa.
John Baird, the third son of Thomas and Mary (Douglass) Baird, was born on tlie Falling Spring in 175(), and died in Bea\ er county. Pa. He l)ouglit tlie Tiionias Baird liomestead in (xuilford township, Cumberland county, now Franklin, under partition proceedings in tlie Orphans' Coiu't of Cumberland county in 1775, liis elder brothers. James and Thomas, having renounced in his fa\ or. He was em-oiled in Captain A\^illiam Long's company, Cum- berland County ^Vssociators, in 1770, and served a tour of duty under Lieutenant Adam Harmony. Late in life he removed to Allegheny, afterward Beaver county.
Samuel Baird, the fom'th son of Thomas and Mary (Douglass) Baird, was born on the Falling Spring about 17o7, and died at Pottsville, Pa., June 2(), 1820. He was a surveyor and was interested in the coal mines on the Schuylkill in 1784. The first discovery of anthracite coal is claimed for Colonel Thomas Potts, while hunting at the west branch of Norwegian creek, in Schuylkill county. A\'ith seven other persons, of whom Mr. Baird was one, he pur- chased the land on which the coal wjis found. This coal land was on the branches of the Schuylkill, and consisted of ten tracts. i\n effort was made to work the mines under the direction of Mr. Baird, but he
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became discouraged and sold his interest in 1788. Mr. Baird was married to Rebecca Potts, daughter of Thomas and Deborah (Pyewell) Potts. She was born in 1757, and died June 16, 1830. Tlie distin- guished scientist, Professor Spencer Fullerton Baird, of the Smitlisonian Institution, was a son of their son Samuel.
The history of William Baird, the fifth son of Thomas and Mary (Douglass) Baird, is in\olved in some obscurity. So far it has been found im- possible to identify him, and this is also true of his younger brothers, Robert and Joseph Baird.
Another Baird or Bard family tliat was possibly descended from John and l{ebecca Beard, of (^hris- tiana Hundred, is descended from \\'^illiam Baird, an early settler in Letterkenny township, Franklin county. Pa., wlio died December 11, 1810. He was a farmer, and a meml)er of tlie Rocky Spring Pres- byterian Church, in the gra\'eyard of which his re- mains were deposited, "attended by the neighbors and a large number of relati\es and friends." The name of his wife was Mary. A pedigree of the family is included in the accompanying charts. Three of his sons were soldiers of tlie Revolution. Andrew Baird, who died in August, 1813, served with Captain James Patton's marching company, of Lieutenant- Colonel l^avid Bell's regiment, in 1778, and was enrolled in Captain Josepli Cull)ertson's company, Cumberland County Associators, in 1781. John Baird was enrolled in Captain .Jolni McConnell's company, Cumberland County Associators, 1777-81, and served witli Colonel ^Abraliam Smith's marcli-
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ing regiment in 177H. \\^illiani Baird was also en- rolled in Captain JNIcConnell's company, and served a tour of duty with Colonel Smith's regiment. He was born in 17(32, and died June 30, 1815. His w^ife was Margaret Durbarrow, who was born March 12, 1771, and died March 12, 1835. Robert Baird, the youngest son, was born in 1769, and died March 11, 1804, and his wife Elizabeth was born February 17, 1769, and died April 24, 1842. The descendants of this Baird family now spell the name Bard.
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^X^O difFerentitite the early Bard, Baird and Beard -*- families of Pennsylvania is a difficult under- taking. In the Provincial and Revolutionary records the three orthographies are used indiscriminately, often for the same person. E\'en in family usage a settled uniformity was long disregarded. In the record of marriages in Christ Church, Philadelphia, the name Bard does not occur at all, })ut John Bard and Elizabeth Sweeting were married at Gloria Dei (Old Swedes'), February 21, 1754. In the Christ Church marriage records the Bairds were Joseph, married November 22, 1701, to Sarah Smith ; Thomas, married May 2, 1745, to Ann Cormont ; and William, married June 20, 1707, to Sarah Re- side. The name of Beard occurs only once in these records. George Beard was married December 13, 1740, to Anne Ellicot. In the Old Swedes' Church records the name Baird does not occur, but the Beard marriages include ^Vlexander, married De- cember 31, 1797, to Catharine JNIcClennan ; Ann, married October 1, 1766, to James Fitsinnnons ; Elizabeth, married November 11, 1776, to Francis Bell: Jane, married July 16. 1707, to John Cham- pagne; Robert, married May 24, 1704, to Elizabeth McCall; and Sarah, married December 2, 1702, to John Fisher. Among the early marriages of the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, is the name of Elizabeth Baird, who was married June 11, 1746,
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to Samuel Wallace, and the names of three Beards, Jane, married November 28, 1724, to James Ram- iige; Rebecca, married April 10, 1724, to Samuel Hatrick; and Robert, married November 26, 1728, to Susanna \^^alker. Among the later marriag-es in that church, 1760-1803, there are no Bairds or Bards, and only one Beard, Judith, who was married February 10, 1782, to Sanuiel Robinnet. Strangely enough the names of Baird, Bard or Beard does not occur in the early marriage records of the Second and Third Presbyterian Churches of l*hiladelphia, but in a list of l^ennsyhania marriages, printed in the second volume, second series, of the Pennsyl- vania Archives, we luive these additional Baird names: Hannali, married April 18, 17(57, to Robert Jamison; Jane, married May 12, 170{), to William Richards; and John, married June 25, 17<>3, to Elizabeth Diamond.
It may be assumed tliat tliese Bairds were emi- grants from Ireland, of Scotch extraction, forming part of the forerunners of the people widely known in America as Scotch-Irish. Tlie first of this Scotch- Irish stock to come to Phihidelpliia. so far as the records show, was Dr. Patrick Baird, who was appointed health officer at Quarantine as early as 1720. He was clerk to the Provincial Council, 1723- 26, and 1740-42; Clerk of tiie Court of Vice-Ad- miralty, 1724-35; register, 1735-44; and Judge, 1749-52. He was, besides, appointed an examiner in Chancery in 1725, and he was Surveyor of the Customs, 1732-35. In 1730, as a chirurgeon, he rented tlie vendue-room in the northeast corner of
80 THE BARD FAMILY
the first Philadelphia Town House. That he was a man of probity is shown by the vote of thanks from the Provincial Council, when he resigned in 1742, for his "diligence and exactness in the dis- charge of his duty." The reason for his retirement was declining health. His name is on the list of the First Philadelphia Dancing Assembly. His wife
Elizabeth , surname not ascertained, was
buried at Christ Church, October 7, 1750. It has not been ascertained whether Dr. Patrick and Elizabeth Baird had issue.
Patrick Baird was a name often found both in Scotland and in Ireland. As early as 1599, Patrick Baird, writer, was servant to ^^'^alter Baird of Ordinhaus. He was one of the Bairds of Auch- medden. At a still earlier period, Patrick Bard or Barde, son of John Bard, and Patrick Barde, son of Robert Barde, were contemporaries in the barony of (Glasgow. John Bard is mentioned in 1511 in connection with the lands of Estyr INlock- row and Edyngeich. In 1538, John Bard's son, Patrick Barde, had the Estyr JVIockrow lands. In 1556 these lands passed to John Bard, son of Patrick Bard and Margaret Tyndail, his wife. Patrick Bard, son of John Bard, obtained the lease of a tract of land in Edyngeich. He married Margaret Garts- choir, and had a son John. Patrick Bard, last named, died about 1553.
Another Patrick Barde was a son of Robert Barde, of the barony of Glasgow, who owned the lands of Contlattis. Robert Barde was married to Isabelle Xewlands. and besides Patrick, had a son
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'^riionias, presumed to be Thomas Barde, of I)um- mershyl, who married Janet Crowar, and a daiiohter Isabelle, who married Joliii Stirhiio- (spelled Ster- welhng), of Gartinkirk. Patrick Barde, son and lieir of Robert Barde and Isabelle Xewlands, his wife, died about 1550. He was married to Janet Towand. l*atrick Barde's son, Thomas, inherited his interest in the ConHattis lands. In })oth of the foretjoing" families the siu'name was as often spelled Baird as Barde.
Among the wills on record at Somerset House, London, is one of Peter Board, belonging to the ship Dumidgo, Captain Samuel Boyles. This will was dated November 20, 1717, and it was signed Patrick Bard. It is evident that Peter Board, or Patrick Bard had no children as he made John Martin his executor and sole legatee. In the index to wills at Somerset House the entry is Beard, alias Bard, followed l)y the words '* pctru.scit.s pdt- r'nnis.'' A similar variation occurs in the nuncupa- tive will of W^illiam Board, or Bard, of County Londonderry, Ireland, which was proved February 20, 1722. It seems to ha\ e been reduced to writing while he lay on his deathbed, but as he was too weak to write his name he alHxed a mark. In the body of the will his name is written W^illiam Board, but for the inark, William Bard. His executor was John Bard.
Besides the English and Scotch Bairds, Bardes and Bards, a lumiber of Huguenots of the name found their way to London. ^Vlbert Bard is mentioned in a marriage contract between Jacques Francois
82 thp: bard family
and Rebecca Ricquart, dated July 14, 1626. Bard was Rebecca's uncle. At a later period, Jean Bard, son of Jean, was baptized in the French church, Threadneedle street, London. This baptism was in 1685. Nearly twenty years later, August 15, 1706, Jacques Bard and Marie, his wife, had a daughter baptized in the French church, Le Grecs, in Grown street, afterwards called IJttle Edward street. These are only a few of many similar cases that perhaps may be imcovered.
Many Huguenots sought refuge from religious persecution in Ireland, from where some of them emigrated to America. The Rev. A. Stapleton in liis "Memorials of the Huguenots," gives the names of two Bairds, Franc^ois and William, who emigrated from Lorraine in 1754. In Rupp's list of the pas- sengers on tlie Nancy, who landed at Philadelphia, September 14, 1754, are Wilhelm and Frantz Bahr. If the descendants of either of these adopted the name of Baird it is clear that they did not derive it either from Ireland or Scotland. No trace has been found of Frantz Bahr or Francois Baird, in Lancaster county, l^a., to which the latter is credited in Mr. Stapleton's list, and tlie only possible iden- tification of A^'^ilhelm Bahr with William Baird is witli \\^illiam, of Earl township, Lancaster county. Pa., who owned lands in Menallen township, York, now Adams county.
Nothing is known of William Baird, of Earl township, Lancaster coimty, and later of Menallen township, York county, except the meagre facts gleaned from the York County Records. A deed
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for the Menallen township farm, whicli contained 253^ acres, from Wilham Sinison to Baird, is on record in the office of the llecorder of Deeds, at York. It was dated ^Viigust 9, 1704, and acknowl- edged before John Pope, a justice of the peace for York county. Simson obtained a Proprietary war- rant for the hmd, September 5, 174(5, and it was surv^eyed to him, Octol)er 19, 1747. Baird died about 1706-67, leaving a wife, Martha, and six children, — three sons, Joseph, Andrew and ^^^illiam, and three daughters, Elizabetli, Margaret and Rebecca. All these children were minors at the time of their father's death except Josepli Baird or Beard, the eldest son. Proceedings were begim in the Orphans' Court, of York county, November 25, 1767, on petition of Joseph Beard, for tlie partition of the real estate, but beyond the appointment of guar- dians of the younger children, the record shows no further action in regard to AA^illiam Baird's estate. What became of it. or of liis descendants is shrouded in obscurity.
The fragmentary cliaracter of the records relating to tlie Baird families of Pennsyhania renders tlie genealogical problems affecting any of them exceed- ingly difficult, and their solution must wait the dis- co\'ery of more satisfactory data.
Equally complicated and unsatisfactory is the information so far obtained in regard to the Bairds of New Jersey. The first of these was James Baird, one of the adherents of the Church of Scotland, who was banished to New Jersey in America, July 19. 1684. His name has not been found in the records
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of the Jerseys, but about that year John Baird set- tled near Freehold, in Monmouth county. He was a Presbyterian, his name being mentioned in the ''Brick Church Memorial." It may be that James, mentioned in Woodrow's ''Cloud of Witnesses," was a misprint for John, })ut it is more likely that John was a son of James and was brought to Kast Jersey by his father. AA'^hatever the facts in regard to the two Bairds, James and John, John Baird seems to have been the ancestor of the first family of Bairds of Scotch extraction that came to America. He was born in 1()()5, and died in April, 1755. He emigrated to Xew Jersey about 1()88, and settled in Monmouth coimty, near Freehold. He married Mary Hall. Tradition says that their coiu'tship was one of the shortest on record. At their first meet- ing addressing her he said, '"If tliou wilt marry me, say, Vea; if thou wilt not marry me, say, Xay." Mary said, "Yea," and they were married in 1G84. Among the children of John Baird and Mary Hall, his wife, we have tlie names of John, .Andrew, David and Zebulon.
John Baird, son of John Baird, the emigrant, was born Jamiary 27, KiOl), and died February 6, 1747. He left his estate in Monmouth county, N. J., to his wife Avis. Their son, \\"illiam Baird, who died in 1794, li\ ed in Morris county, X. J., but subsequently removed to Pennsylvania and settled in Dunstable township, Northumberland, now Clin- ton county, where he bought 218 acres of wild land in 1785, on which he built a log house that was his home for the rest of his life. He was married
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December 1, 17.50, to Margaret Riley. His sons were William, Zebulon, Benjamin and Joseph.
^^^illiam Baird, son of AVilliam and Margaret (Riley) Baird, was probably identical with William Bard, who was appointed second lieutenant of Cap- tain AA^illiam AA^ork's company, 12th Regiment, Pa. TJne, October 16, 1776. How long he served is unknown. I^ieutenant Bard has been claimed as a son of Peter and Mary (de Normandie) Bard, of Mount Holly, N. J., but as their son VA^illiam died in infancy, the assumption can not be accepted. That he was AVilliam Baird. the son of William, who emigrated to Xorthimiberland county is shown by the fact that the Twelfth l*ennsylvania was raised on the West Branch of the Susquehanna.
Zebulon Baird, also a son of William and Mar- garet (Riley) Baird, was born in New Jersey, Feb- ruary 19, 1762, and died in Clinton county. Pa. He removed to Pennsyhania with his parents in 1785. He built a house for himself on the West Branch of the Susquehanna, on a part of the Baird home- stead that he inherited from his father. He was married January 1, 1781), to Martha Brown, who died in 1847.
Issue :
1. Annie Ikird, born October 1^, 1790.
2. William Raird (horn FebruaiT 11, 1792), married and had issue: Lvdia, married William Duini; a daughter, married Arthur Dillon; a daughter, married — • McGill, and a daughter, name not ascertained.
3. Renjamin Raird, born November 26, 1793.
4. Mary Raird, l)orn August 24, 1795.
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5. Jeanny Baird, born November ^1, 1797.
6. Sarah Baird, born June 26, 1800.
7. Rebecca Baird, born March 24, 1802.
8. Josepli Baird, born February 7, 1804.
9. David Baird, of whom presently.
10. Ehzabeth Baird, born April 12, 1809.
11. Zebulon Baird, (born April 17, 1811), married and had issue: Anna, married Jacob Miller; Mary, married Andrew White; Jane, married Joseph Pepper- man; and Eliza, unmarried.
David Baird (born June 24, 1806), son of Zebulon and Martha (Brown) Baird, was a farmer and lumberman on the West Branch of the Sus(|uehanna. In 1838, he raised the first tobacco cultivated as a business in Clin- ton county. He was a county connnissioner, 1855-58. Mr. Baird married January 31, 1837, Tabitha Quigley (born at North Bend, Clinton county. Pa., September 11, 1818), daughter of John and Tabitha (Baird) Quigley; they had issue:
1. Arvilla E. Baird (born Se[)tember 5, 1838), mar- ried Samuel Hartzell.
2. Virginia C. Baird (born August 7, 1840), married Richard Dorey.
3. John Quigley Baird (born December 18, 1842), was a private in Company I, 28th Regiment, P. V., from February 24, 1865 to July 18, 1865.
4. Martha Jane Baird (boin November 24, 1844), married A. Farewell.
5. Robert S. Q. Baird, born May 4, 1847; died April 10, 1859.
6. Mollie F. Baird (Ijorn July 21, 1853), married K. J. Farewell.
7. Anna Blanche Baird, born September 24, 1860.
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Andrew Baird, son of John Baird, the emigrant, and Mary Hall, his wife, died in October, 1773. He owned a large tract of land in Monmouth county, N. J. The name of his wife was Sarah. His eldest son, Bedent Baird, was given twenty shillings in his father's will, and he divided his real estate among three of his sons — Barzillai, 0})adiah and Jonathan. His will was read to him, October 11, 1773, and he affixed his seal to it but did not sign it; his heir at law, Bedent Baird, appearing and declaring his will- ingness to have it proved as his father's will, it was admitted to probate, October 21, 1773. There were three younger sons, Samuel, Ezekiel and John.
David Baird, son of John Baird, the emim-ant, and Mary Hall, his wife, was born October 19, 1710, and died in 1801. He was a prominent farmer of Upper Freehold township, Monmouth county, X. J. Mr. Baird was married October 27, 1744, to Sarah Compton, who was born April 18, 171().
Issue :
1. Jacob Baird (born November, 1744), lived in Mor- ris county, N. J., and served in the Morris countv militia in the Revolution.
2. Mary Baird (l)orn September 30, 1747), mai-ried Dye.
3. John Baird (born October 27, 1750), served in the Morris countv militia in the Revohition; he inherited a plantation in Lower Freehold township, Momnouth
county, N. J. He married Ph(i4)e , surname
not ascertained.
4. David Baird, of whom presentlv.
David Baird (born July 16, 1754; died December 24, 1839), son of David and Sarah (Compton) Baird, was
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a soldier of the Revolution in the First Regiment, Mon- mouth county, N. J., militia, 1776-77, being promoted from private to first sergeant, ensign, lieutenant, and captain ; he was (|uartermaster of the regiment. Mr. Baird was married three times. His first wife was Rebecca Ely. Mr. Baird married (2), Lydia Gaston. Mr. Baird married (3), November 25, 1795, Mary Edwards, (born about 1771). Issue by his first wife. 1. Rebecca Baird. Issue by his second wife:
1. Sarah Baird, born Novemljer 1, 1781.
2. Mary Baird, born ()ctol)er 15, 1782.
3. John Baird, born March 19, 1784.
4. Jane Baird, born December 19, 1785.
5. Lydia Baird.
6. Phcebc Baird, born November 14, 1791, married David Perrin.
Issue by his third wife :
1. David Baird, born February 22, 1797.
2. Rei Baird, born May 15, 1798.
3. Elizabeth Baird, born March 2, 1800.
4. Thomas Baird, of whom presently.
5. Ann Baird, born December 23, 1803.
Thomas Baird (born February 6, 1802), son of David and Mary (Edwards) Baird, married Eleanor T. Bil- yeu, daughter of Peter and Maria (Ogborne) Bilyeu, of Upper Freehold township, Monmouth county, N. J. ; they had issue:
1. David Baird, of whom jiresently.
2. Jonathan Baird, born August 21, 1829, twin brother of David; died in infancy.
3. Sarah Baird (born March 20, 1833), married John E. Hunt.
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David Baird (born in Millstone township, Monmouth county, N. J., August 29, 1829), son of Thomas and Eleanor T. (Bilyeu) Baird, was educated at the Free- hold Institute, and became a farmer. He married December 9, 1852, Mary E. Pullen, daughter of Isaac and Jane (Hulit) Pullen, of East Windsor, Mercer county, N. J.; thev had issue:
1. Emerson P. Baird, born October 11, 1853.
2. Sarah H. Baird, born July 9, 1855.
3. Charles Augustus Baird, born May 15, 1857.
4. Thomas Baird, born Jaiuiary 2,1859; died in 1862.
5. Willie Baird, born September 11, 1860; died young.
6. Isaac Baird, born November 11, 1861; died young.
7. Howard Baird, born Februarv 16, 1863.
8. Carrie Baird, born March 27, 1865.
9. Henrv Leslie Baird, born November 28, 1867; died young.
10. David Baird, (born February 16, 1869), was grad- uated M. D. at liellevue Hospital Medical College; he practiced his j)rofession at I'^lorence, liurlington countv, N. J.
11. John H. Baird (born Februarv 7, 1872), went to Georgia.
Zebuloii Baird, son of John Baird, the emigrant, and Mary Hall, his wife, was l)orn October 13, 1720, and died January 28. 1804. He was married Feb- ruary 1, 1749, to Anna Smith, who was horn August 17, 1731, and died December 28, 1794.
Another possible son of James Baird, the exile, was William Baird or Beard, wdio settled in Mans- field, Burlington county, N. J., and died in 1690, letters of administration on his estate being taken out by his widow, Katharine Beard, January 31,
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1690-91. While it may be assumed that the Bairds of AVest Jersey were descended from WiUiam and Katharine Beard, it is impossible, in the absence of the connecting Hnks in tlie family chain, to fix the relationship of the three Bairds whose names are found in the records of Hunterdon county in the latter half of the eighteenth century.
William Baird, one of the supposed sons of Wil- liam and Katharine Beard, died before 1763. He lived at Tewkesbury, Hunterdon coimty, N. J. He was married October 14, 1751, to Margaret O'Hara, a widow, who died in 1764. They had no children. By her first marriage Mrs. Bau'd had a daughter, Margaret O'Hara, who married Israel Genning, or Ginnens; she also left two grandsons — (icorge and James O'Hara.
Richard Baird, another supposed son of William and Katharine Beard, died in 1765. He lived in Readington township, Hunterdon county, N. J. He was township collector, 1759-60. His will was dated February 17, 1765, and proved INIarch 20, 1765. He was married to Elizabeth Ross, daughter of John Ross, and had three children. Elizabeth, William and John. VA'^illiam Baird was born about 1752, and died in 1794. He was a farmer in the western precinct of Somerset coimty, N. J, He was a captain in the second battalion, Somerset county militia, and was promoted to be first major, November 6, 1777. to succeed Major Benjamin Baird, who was made lieutenant colonel, September 9. 1777. The family of the latter has not been as- certained. John Baird was born about 1758, and
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was sergeant in the second battalion, in the Somerset county, N. J., niihtia, 1776-77, and was promoted to captain, 1777- He was married in March, 1779, to C^atharine Deboise.
James Baird, tlie other supposed son of AVilham and Katharine Beard, died in 1778. He hved in Bethleliem township, Hunterdon county, N. J. In his will, dated September 27, 1778, and proved November 1, 1778, he left a legacy of five pounds to the trustees of the Mansfield Woodhouse meet- ing house. Mr. Baird, in 1763, offered a plantation to be let in the Jerseys, within three miles of Phila- delphia. He was a member of the 'I'own C^ommittee for Bethlehem township, 1708-72, and a Freeholder in 1770, 1772 and 1777. He was described as Captain James Baird. The name of his wife was Elizabeth Bowlsby: they had no issue. He left his estate to his wife to dispose of it as she chose. She left one-fourth of her estate to her brother, Thomas Bowlsby, and the remaining three-foiu'ths to her nephew, Thomas Bowlsby, son of her brother John, in trust, one-fourth for the children of her brother Richard, one-fom-th for the children of her brother George, and one-fourth for the children of her brother John. She directed that her ne^-ro wench, Pegg, should be freed at her death, and her negro boy, Oroonoko, when twenty-five years old, and be given twenty pounds. Her will was dated Sep- tember 10, 1782, and proved February 16. 1785.
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IVTOXE of tlie early families of New Jersey was -^^ more interesting than that which came from Peter Benoist Bard. In tliis work it fills a niche of tlie highest importance because it is typical of of the whole Bard kinship. It is the connecting link between the Bards of Italy, Germany, France and England and the Bairds of Scotland, and the Bairds and Beards of Ireland and America. Among Americans of Continental extraction it stands for that distinctive brand of French Protestantism that rejoices in the name of Huguenot. Unfortunately, a disposition has been shown by some of the Ameri- can families of Continental extraction to confine their claim of Huguenot descent wholly to them- selves, and seek to narrow the widely disseminated septs of the Bards to a few families of French Protestants. The efltect of these efforts at limita- tion has been to obsciu'c instead of conserve. The Bards of Burlington, who are of imquestionable Huguenot descent, have suffered with the others from this narrowing policy, and it lias been found impossible in consequence to make the history of this family as complete as it might liave been had there been an earlier and wider recognition of the Bard kinship.
Peter Benoist Bard was a Huguenot, who fled to England with his family in 1682. and died in Lon- don. According to some accounts, he remained in
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France, it being his son, Peter, wlio Hed with his wife and family to escape rehgious persecution after tlie revocation of the Edict of Nantes, but this is disproved by the fact that Peter, the younger, was married in ^Vmerica. Peter Bard, son of Peter Benoist Bard, was born at INlontpelher, Languedoc, France, in 1()79, and died at Burhngton, N. J., July 13, 17'34. He came to America in 170(), and settled at Burlington, X. J. He was naturalized, June 12, 171-3. He bouglit a large tract of land in Burlington townsliip in 171 4-, tliat lie named xMont})elher. The iron works at Mount Holly and tlie Eayrstown mills were included in the purchase. He sold this property in 1715, but continued to deal in lands, on which he built mills and saw- mills. He was a justice of the peace, 17*20-34; Colonel Commandant of New Jersey Regiment of Foot, May 4, 1722 ; and Judge of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Colonel Bard was married at New Castle, Del., in 170i>, to Dinah JNIarmion, daughter of Dr. ^Sanuiel and Elizabeth (Parker) Marmion, of Liecestershire, England. She was born in 1093, and died July 11), 17(10.
Mary ^lartha Bard, daughter of Peter and Dinah (Marmion) Bard, was l)orn March 10, 1710, and died August, 11, 1803. She was married June 17,
1742, to the Rev. Colin Campbell, son of —
and Mary (Duff) Campbell. He was born at Earn- hill. County Nairn, Scotland, November 15, 1707, and died at Burlington, N. J., August 1), 17()(). His grandfather, \\'illiam Campbell, was Sheriff of Nairn. He belonged to the branch of the Camp-
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bells ot which Earl Cawdor is the head, who are descended from John Campbell, son of the second Earl of Argyll. He attended school at JNIerdeen and Inverness, but being the tenth child in a family of fourteen, lie lived with his aunt, I^ady Drum- maire. He was educated for the Established Church and was sent to A Vest Jersey by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, where he became the first rector of St. ^Mary's Parish, Burlington, 1738-66.
Issue :
1. Marv Ann Campbell, born Julv 2, 1743. ^2. Mary Campbell, born August 1'3, 1745. 8. Hugh Campbell, born January, 1748.
4. Rebecca Campbell, born in 1750. She was married July 13, 1768, to the Rev. William Frazer, of Am- well; they had issue: Colin, born May 24, 1769.
5. Colin Campbell, born December 15, 1751.
6. John Campbell, was born February 4, 1754. He
married Marv ; thev had issue: Sarah, born
March 14, 1773.
7. Jane Campbell, born November 6, 1755; died Feb- ruary 19, 1770.
8. Archibald Campbell, born October 25, 1758.
9. Charles Campbell, born in 1765.
Benoist, or Bennett, Bard, son of Peter and Dinah (Marniion) Bard, was born July 26, 1711, and was buried in Christ Church graveyard, Phila- delphia, February 12, 1757. He lived at Burling- ton, X. J., and acquired extensive holdings of real estate. He was Sheriff of Hunterdon county in 1736, but was removed from office, the Council ad-
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judging liini guilty of "divers notorious Barratrys. extortions and other nialversions in his office and of cruelly and unjustly using and abusing the prisoners in his custody. '
Issue:
1. James Bard, baptized in Burlington, N. J., October, 1741.
2. William Bard, died June 17, 1775. He was a lieutenant in Lord Percy's regiment, and was killed in the battle of Bunker Hill.
Peter Bard, son of Peter and Dinah (INIarniion) Bard, was born at Burlington, X. J., July 29, 1712, and died at Mount Holly, X. J., January 30, 17(>9. He was Commissary of the second battalion of the Pennsylvania Regiment in the expedition against Fort Duquesne in 1758, and C\)nmiissary General to the regiment, 17<>'3-()-i. He was married in Christ Church, Philadelphia, September 28, 1738, to Marie de X^ormandie. who was l)orn at Bristol, Pa., May 15, 1718, and died at Mount Holly, X. J.
Issue:
1. John Abraham Bard, horn July 3, 1739, buried at Christ Church, Philadelphia, November SO, 1742.
2. Samuel Bard, was born December 15, 1740, and died at Bristol, Pa., December 14, 1769. He studied law and was admitted to the New Jersey Bar, Novem- l)er 3, 1761. In 1765 he removed to Bristol, Pa., and practiced at the Bucks County Bar until his death. Shortlv befoi'e his demise he had bought the Bard iron works at Mount Hollv, N. J., from his father. He was married April 20, 1766, to Mary \'alleau, and had two children, Robert Jennv and Charlotte.
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3. Harriet Bard, born January 16, 1742.
4. Mary Bard, married Dr. Samuel Bard.
5. William Bard, was born November 26, 1749, and was buried at Christ Church, Philadelphia, April 13, 1751.
6. Peter Bard, born October 2, 1751.
7. Charlotte Bard, born October 2, 1751.
8. Sarah Bard, born August 8, 1754.
Samuel Bard, son of Peter and Dinah (Marmion) Bard, was born Jannary 14, 1714, and buried at Christ Church, Philadelpliia, August 6, 1735.
Issue :
1. William Bard.
John Bard, son of Peter and Dinah (JNIannion) Bard, was born at Burlington, N. J., February 1, 1716, and died at Hyde Park, N. Y., April 1, 1799, He was a physician. He began the practice of his profession in Philadelphia, but removed to New York in 1746, where he took high rank. In 1759- when a malignant fever was epidemic in New York, he reconmiended the purchase of Bedloe's island for the isolation of contagious diseases, and was gi\en charge of the hospital built according to his suggestions. He was the first president of the New York JNIedical Society. Dr. Bard was married in Christ Church, Philadelphia, to Susanna \^alleau, who was born in New York, July 19, 172-, and died at Hyde Park, N. Y.
Issue :
1. Magdalena Bard, married Muirson, who
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3. Susanna Bard, married Nathaniel Pendleton, son of James and Mary Pendleton, who was born in Culpeper county, V'a., in 1756, and died in New York, October 20, 1821. He became ensign in the 10th Continental Infantry, January 1, 1776; 1st lieutenant, 11th Regi- ment, Mrginia Line, July 23, 1776 ; and captain, March 13, 1777. He was captured at Fort Washington, Man- hattan Island, Noyember 16, 1776, and exchanged, October 18, 1780. Upon his return to the army he was transferred to the 3d Regiment, \ irginia I^ine, Feb- ruary 12, 1781, but seryed as Aid-de-camp to General Greene, with the rank of major, from 1780 until the close of the war. He receiyed the thanks of Congress for his seryices at the battle of Eutaw Springs. After the Reyolution Majoi- Pendleton settled in Geoi'gia, where he was United States Disti'ict Judge. In 1796, he remoyed to New York, where he attained eminence at the Bar and l)ecame judge of Dutchess county. He was Hamiltoirs second in the duel with Aaron Burr in 1804. Judge Nathaniel and Susanna Pendleton had two children, Nathaniel Greene and Anne Pendleton. Nathaniel Greene Pendleton was lioi-n in Sayannah, (ia., in 1793, and died in Cincinnati, Ohio. June 16, 1861. He was a Representatiye in Congress from Ohio, and was married in 1820, to Jane Frances Hunt, daughter of Joseph Hunt, an Ohio pioneer. Among his children were George Hunt Pendleton. United States Senator from Ohio, and American minister to (Termany, and Elliott Hunt Pendleton, a member of the Ignited States Sanitary Conuiiission during the Civil AVar and a [)ul)lic'-sj)irite(l citi/en of Cincinnati.
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4. Samuel Bard, of whom presently.
5. John Bard, was born at Burlington, N. J., in 1744, and died in 1813. He was appointed a captain in the 2d Regiment, Georgia Line, in November. 1776, but was taken prisoner at Savannah, December 29, 1778. He remained a prisoner on parole until the close of the war, joining his family in New York in 1779. He was one of the original members of the New York Society, Order of the Cincinnati. Captain Bard was married in 1792, to Marv Grover.
(j. Peter Bard, born February 1, 1746; buried at Bur- lington, N. J., June 14, 1769.
Samuel Bard, son of Dr. .lolin and Susanna {V'dl- leau) Bard, was born at Burlington, N. .!., April 1, 1742, and died at Hyde Park. N. Y., JNIay 24, 1821. He was graduated at King's College, now Columbia L^niversity. X. Y., in 17.58, and studied medicine in Edinburgh, where he received his degree of M. D., in 1765. After making a tour of the continent he returned to New York, where he began the practice of his fathers profession in his father's office in 1767. Soon after beginning the practice of medicine he founded a medical school and a hospital in New York, but the latter })eing burned in 17(>9, its estab- lishment was not achieved until 1791. He was pro- fessor of the practice of medicine in the college and subsequently dean of the facidty. AVhen the medical school of Columbia College was organized as a sep- arate institution in 1813, under the name of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Bard became its first president. \Yhile New York was the seat of the oovernment of the I iiited States, he
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was President AVashingtoii's physician. In 1793, he retired from the active practice of his profession, and afterward made his liome at Hyde Park on the Hudson. He was the author of a number of import- ant medical treatises. Dr. Bard was married May 14. 1770, to his cousin, JMary Bard, daughter of Peter and JNlarie (de Xormandie) Bard. She was born June 18, 174(), and died May 28, 1821.
Issue :
1. Susanna Bard, born June !24, 17752, was married May 523, 1792, to John Johnstone, son of David and Margaret (Walton) Johnstone, of the Johnstones of Annandale. He was born June 13, 17652, and died August 29, 1850. He was Judge of the Court of Connnon Pleas, of Dutchess county, N. Y. Judge John and Susanna Johnstone had ten children.
2. John Bard, l)orn September 1, 1774; died in infancy.
3. Mary Bard, born February 8, 1776'; died in intancy.
4. William liard, of whom presently.
.5. Harriet Bard, born October 4, 1779; died in in- fancy.
6. Harriet Bard, born March 23, 1786; died young.
7. Eliza Bard, was born October 12, 1787, and died April 27, 1833. She was married, November 12, 1809, to -John McVickar, son of John and Ann (Moore) Mc\ ickar. He was born in New York, August 10, 1787, and died October 6, 1868. He was graduated at Columbia College in 1804, and was for many yeai's rector of St. James P. E. Churcli, Hyde Park, N. Y. Among other works, he published a "Narrative of the Life of Dr. Sanmel liard."' Dr. John and Eliza Mc\ ickar liad eight children, the youngest being the Rev. Dr. \\'illiam Augustus McVickar. for many years rectoi' of the American chapel, Nice, France.
100 THE BARD FAMILY
Williaiii Bard, son of Dr. Samuel and INIaiy (Bard) Bard, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 4, 1778, and died on Staten Island, X. Y., October 17, 1853. He was graduated at Columbia College, N. v., in 1798. JNIr. Bard was married October 7, 1802, to Catharine Cruger, daughter of Nicholas Cruger. She was born at Santa Croix, AV. I., May 7, 1781, and died on Staten Island, X. Y.. October 14, 1808.
Issue :
1. Saimit'l Bard, born Autjjust 4, 180i3; died unmarried, January 17, 18i3-'3.
2. Anne Bard, married Edmund Prime.
3. Caroline Bard, born Julv (), 180() ; died unmarried, February 17, 188'3.
4. Mary ]iard, died in infancy.
5. Catharine Bard, born September 21, 1809; died in infancy.
6. Susan Bard, married PVrdinand Sandys.
7. Elizabeth Bard, married Rufus K. Delafield.
8. William Henry Bard, born October 2, 1815; died April 6, 18J34.
9. Nicholas Bard, born in 1816; died in infancy.
10. Bertram liard, born May 1, 1817.
11. John Bard, was born June 2, 1819, and died Feb- ruary 12, 1899. He liyed at Chichester, England, and Dresden. Germany, for many years, but returned to his iiatiye land in 189o, making his home at Washington, D. C, where he died. He was married first, May 17, 184-5, to Margaret Taylor Johnston, a sister of John Taylor Johnston, of New York. She died April 10, 187-3. He was married secondly, October 18, 1876, to Annie Belcher, of Brighton, Eng. By his first wife, he
A CHRONICLE OF THE BARDS 101
had a son, who died voung, and one danghtei', and a daughter bv his second wife.
12. ]\Iarv Bard, was born April 15, 1821, and died September 14, 1847. She Avas married to Arthur B. Morris.
13. Cruger Bard, born March 2(), 1825; (bed in infancy.
Rebecca Bard, daughter of Peter and Dinah (IVIarmion) Bard, was born in 17'21, and died July 14. 17<)7. Slie was married July .'3, 1745, to John Abrani de Xorniandie, son of Jolm Abrani and Henrietta PLlizabeth (Gardonet) de Xormandie. He was born at Bristol. Pa.. July. 1713. and died at Hyde Park. X. V., in 180.3. He became a physician and practiced liis profession at Bristol. He was a member of the ^American Philosophical Society, 17(^8, and of the New Jersey Medical Society. 171)0. He removed to Burlinoton, X. J., in 1787, but his last years were spent ^vitll tlie Bard family at Hyde Park, X. Y. Dr. Jolm and Kebecca de X'^ormandie had Ji dautrhter. Mary, who died in infancy.
Tlie de Normandies were descended from an ancient and noteworthy French family. As early as 1460, Guillaunie de Normandie was Governor of Noyon ; his wife was a daughtci- of the Lord de Mialle d'Aisilly and Montiscourt. One of his descendants, Laurent de Normandie. was a close friend of John Calvin and prominent in the Reformation. Jean de Normandie was a son of Laurent, Joseph was a son of Jean, Michael was a ^on of Joseph, and Andre was a son of Michael.
102 THE BARD FAMILY
James of Bard, son Peter and Dinah (Marmion) Bard, was born August 2, 1722, and died in infancy.
William Bard, son of Peter and Dinah (iNlarmion) Bard, was born August 30, 1723, and died July 30. 1796.
The Bards of Burlington are now extinct in the male line.
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^T^HE first mention of tlie Bard name after that -*- of Colonel Peter Bard was May 1, 171 'i, when a widow Bard was married by the Yiev. John Sharpe to Francis Sheerman. It is, perliaps, too hite to as- certain who the first husband of Mrs. Bard was, but it is possible — barely possible — that he was of the same stock as Thomas Bard, of whom we had a glimpse as a passenger from England to \ irginia on the "Assurance," in 1();35. This Thomas is probably identical with Thomas Bard whose name is joined with that of Thomas Juxon, in the will of Charles Harvey, citizen and draper of I^ondon, proved Xovember o, 1(57-. The reference in Har- vey's will is as follows : " Cousins Thomas Bard and his wife and Thomas Juxon and his wife.' Thomas Juxon was the second son of John Juxon, and a grandson of William Juxon, bishop of London. Among his cousins were Sir A\ illiam Juxon and "Willie Juxon, late of \^irginia." This last phrase is suggestive of Thomas Bard's return to P^ngland previous to the mention of his name in Harvey's will. He was born in 1010, and he may have been one of the Bards of North Kelsey, possibly a son or nephew of the Re\ . George Bard, of Staines, JNIiddlesex.
In the same year that Thomas Bard emigrated to Virginia, 1()8.5, another Bard, Robert, came out as a servant in an English family. Xo descendants
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of tliese A^irginia Bards have been found. The name is found in Xew England ahnost as early as in Airginia, The I^ynn records show that John Bard, son of Jolm. was born January 29, 1GG8. From these Johns it is possible that the Bards of Billerica and Charlestown. Mass.. and of Ferrisburgli. \"t., given below, were derived, but this is far from established, as the name was also written Beard, and there was a number of early Beard emigrants in Xew England. Among these were Thomas Beard, Salem, Mass., 1629; William Beard. Dover, X. H., 1640; James and Jeremy Beard. Milford. Conn., 1642; Aaron Beard, Pemaquid, 1674; and Tliomas Beard, Ips- wich, 1()75.
William Beard, wlio settled at Dover, X^. H., in 1640. was described at the time of his death as "the good old man." He was killed by the Indians at Durham, in 1«>7-). His son, Joseph Beard, was born in 1()5.5. and was living at Dover, X. H., in 1694. Joseph Beard's wife, Esther, died in 1685.
The first of the Bards of Billerica. Mass., of whom mention has been found, was David Bard, who was married to Hannah Hayward. His son, David Bard, was married to Mary Ingersol, of Xel- son, X. H., and had a son, Simeon Ingersol Bard, who was born at Xelson, X". H., June 2, 1797, and died at Derby, Vt., June 10, 1852. Simeon Ingersol Bard was a teacher in early life, but, having studied medicine, he practiced his profession at Hillsboro, X. H., and later at Francistown. He subsequently removed to Derbv, ^ t., where he adopted the liomeo-
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pathic system. Dr. Bard was married June 2, 1825, to Lueinda Stowe JNlorse, of Hillsboro, and had three daughters, Mary Ingersol, Ehzabetli Greenwood and Lorraine Keed, and one son, George Ingersol Bard. George Ingersol Bard was born at Francistown, X. H., JNIay 5, 1885. He was graduated at the l^niversity of ^ ermont in 1857, and at Andover Seminary in 1860. He is a Congregational minister in New Hampshire. He was married August 1, 18()1, to Jerusha Gould Parker, of Littleton, N. H. His children were Henry Ingersol, a pliysieian; (^eorge Parker, a civil engineer; JNIary : Herbert Barclay; and Julia Howard.
There was a Margaret Bard at Boston, July 27, 1708, and Edward Bard was living at Charlestown, Mass., in 1774. His wife was Sarah, and his children were Mary, Nancy, and Edward.
AVarren Bard, a native of Ferrisburgh, Vt., was born April 18, 1801), and was married May, 11, 1886, to Mary Jane W^ebster, daughter of Benijah and Esther (Bostwick) AVebster. She was born at Vtr- gennes, Vt., December 14, 1814. Their children w^re AVilliam AVebster and Mary Ellen. AAHlliam AA^ebster Bard was born April 7, 1889, and died May 2, 1898. He was married October 17. 1866, to l^rsula Porter, who was born at Ferrisburgh, May 1, 1840. Their children were Cora Julia and Emma Jane.
Besides the later New England Bards, tliere were a number of families of the name in the middle and western states at the Revolutionary period and
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afterwards. It has not been found practicable to trace the Hneage of any of these famihes, except in a fragmentary and desultory way. In most of them, even the country of their ancestry is uncertain. The meagre information concerning them that has been collected during the preparation of this work is here given in summarized form, for its preservation, with the hope that it may lead those whom it interests to make more successful efforts.
A Xew Jersey family, apparently not related to the Bairds of Monmouth and Hunterdon counties or the Bards of Burlington, is descended from Thomas Bard, who settled near Tom's river, in Ocean comity, X. J., in the closing years of the eighteenth century, where he married into a Dutch family of the neighborhood, his wife being Dolly or Dorothy A^an Note. He was the father of six sons, Zebedee, William, Thomas, Joseph, Joel and Benjamin, and two daughters, Deborah and INlar- garetta. Thomas Bard, the younger, went to Mill- ville, Cumberland county, X. J., in 1822. His son, Samuel F. Bard, lives at Bridgeton, X. J. Joel Bard, another son of Thomas and Dolly (A^an X'^ote) Bard, went to Indiana in 1850, and later remo^'ed to Boone county, Iowa. He was married to Anna JNlaria Shultz, daughter of John and Sarah Shultz. They had a son, George Bard and a daughter, Enmia Hannali Bard (Mrs. Shoemaker), of Grand Rapids, Iowa.
^Vmong tlie later Bard families of Pennsylvania was one of which James Bard, i native of County
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Down, near Belfast, Ireland, was the progenitor. It is said that liis grandfather suffered tlie miseries of the siege of Londonderiy, from which it may be inferred that he belonged to one of the Baird families that were settled on both sides of the Foyle, after the Plantation of Lllster. James Bard emigrated to Pennsylvania during the Revolution and settled in the C'onococheague \alley, as a part of the great Cumberland \^alley is often called. He was em-oUed in Captain John McConnell's company of Colonel Samuel Cidbertson's l^attalion, Cimiberland County Associators, 1780 81 82. This indicates that he lived in Letterkenny or Hamilton township in what is now Franklin county. Pa. ^Vfter the lle\ olution he removed to the Black Log \^alley. in Hunting- don county. Pa., where his children were reared, and where he died. As a yoimg man, Mr. Bard was married in Ireland to Jane Uutherford. whom he left behind him, with their two eldest sons, AVilliam and Hugh. After the Revolution, Mrs. Bard, with her children, followed her husband to America, and lived to be almost a centenarian, dying in Black Log A'alley in 18o(>. Landing at New York after a voy- age of three months, she made the journey to the Conococheague in a wagon, hauling one of the boys all the way with a l)roken leg. Their other sons, James, Adam and Samuel, and their daughter Nancy, were born in Pcmsylvania. A\ illiam and James Bard died without issue. Hugh married and removed to westein Pennsylvania. ^Vdam remo\ ed to Mifflin county. Pa.; he had daughters l)ut no sons. Samuel was '.wice married, first to Mary Mor-
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gan, daughter of Joshua and Hannah (Stork) JNIor- gan. of Huntingdon county. They had five sons, Joshua, Harrison, George, James and Thomas, and four daughters, married respectively to Jacob Sellers, John Early, Henry (^errier, and Thomas JNliddleton. There was also a daughter, who died unmarried. Nancy Bard, daughter of James and Jane Bard, was married to Robert Hamilton, a charcoal burner at Paradise Furnace, Huntingdon coimty. Pa. She died at Orbisonia in 1880. Her children were Hester A., Henderson, Margaret, Martha, Alfred J. and Rol)ert. Hester ^V. married Isaac Seacrist, and Martha married Thomas Kelly. Alfred J. Hamil- ton served with the IDtli l^ennsyhania Cavalry in the Civil AVar. He is a physician at Cassville, Pa. Robert Hamilton, the youngest son, died in the army near Richmond, Vii., in I8G4.
Another Bard or Baird family of the Conoco- cheague A alley, already brieHy noticed with a pedi- gree in a preceding chapter, presents a cm-ious varia- tion in the use of the names of Bard and Baird at different periods. On the tombstone inscriptions in Rocky Spring graveyard the name w^as at first spelled Bard, but at a later period it became Beard. The li\'ing representatives of the family have all reverted to the original spelling, and the name now in use by the descendants is Bard. This is also true of the descendants of William and Jane (Martin) Baird, of Shippensburg. This AVilliam Baird was probably a son of John Bard, and a grandson of W^illiam and Mary Bard, of Rocky Spring. He was born in December, 1774. and died December 2.5, 1889. He
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was married in December, 1704, to Jane Martin, who was born in 1770, and died in 1857. Their sons were James and David. James, tlie elder son, seems to have followed his father's example early in life, but all his descendants write the name Bard. He was born xVugust 1, 1795, and died October IS, 1862. He was for many years a teacher of the old-fash- ioned subscription or pay schools, which preceded the public school system in Pennsylvania. Captain Bard, as he was t>enerally called, was married in October, 1820, to Margaret Orr, daui>hter of Tiiomas and Martha (Breckenridt>e) Orr. She was born September 18, 1799, and died January 9, 1872. She was a sister of the Orr brothers who were the founders of the borough of Orrstown, in Franklin county. Pa. James and Margaret Bard were the parents of five sons, Sanniel M,, AVilliam Strong, John Orr, Thomas Orr, and David James, and of two daughters, Jane Orr, who was married first to James Breckenridge, and second to John Quigley, and Isabella, who died unmarried, October 22. 1891). The descendants of James and jMargaret Bard, who are numerous, are generally distinguisiied in familiar speech as the Orrstown Bards.
Another A\^illiani Baird whose family history has not been traced, but whose descendants now spell their name Bard, bought a tract of land in Armagh township, Cumberland, now Mifiiin county, which he conveyed to his son Samuel, May IJ). 1782. This land had previously belonged to James .McBride. of Antrim township, Franklin county, who sold it to
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Isaac Bole. AVilliam Baird's wife was Jean, and the wife of tlieir son Samuel was JNIartha. Samuel Bard lived on the farm in Armagh township conveyed to liim by his father, and died in 1788. His children were John, James, Martha, Agnes, A\^illiain, Samuel, INIary and Hugh. The history of this family remains to be traced.
There were near the close of the eighteenth cen- tury two Bards in the Conococheague \ alley, Robert and James, whose family connections have not been found. Robert Bard was a taxable in Peters township, Franklin county. Pa., in 178(), and died near JNIercersburg, Pa., in February, 1818. In his will he describes himself as a schoolmaster and speaks of his son Robert, "finisher of fine hats" at "Lewevill " in the State of " Kaintuck," and of another son James, a cooper, at Baltimore. Judge Archibald Bard was a witness to his will and Cap- tain Thomas Bard was one of his executors. Judge Archibald and Captain Thomas Bard were sons of Richard and Catharine (Poe) Bard. Their history is given in this volume in the chapter devoted to the descendants of Richard Bard. James Bard was mar- ried at Mercersburg, Pa., March 24, 1814, to Cath- arine Glenn. \Vhether he was the son of Robert Bard has not been established.
Still another Samuel Bard, perhaps a son of Samuel and Martha Bard, of Armagh township, Mifflin county. Pa., left a numerous posterity. This hypothesis, unfortunately, is impaired by a tradition in the family whicli fixes the place of liis birth as in Berks county, in 175)5. The Berks county nativity
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suggests that he may have belonged to one of the numerous German Bard famihes of eastern Pennsyl- vania. It is said that he learned the tailoring trade in his native county, after which lie went to Hunt- ingdon county. Pa., where he worked for a number of years, but subsequently removed to New Salem, Ohio. In 1824, he settled at Centreville, Pa., wliere he engaged in the making of windmills. In 1887, he built a foundry at Centreville. which was tlie first enterprise of its kind between l*ittsbin-g and Erie. He continued in tlie foundry business until his death, except for a brief period in 1843, when it was conducted by his son, Jolin T. Bard. He was married in Huntingdon county. Pa., March 8, 1814, to Margaret McArthur, wlio was a native of Ireland. Mr. Bard and his wife were members of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church ; in early life Mrs. Bard was a Seceder. Samuel and Margaret (Mc^Vrtlun-) Bard had eight children.
Issue :
1. Marv A. Bard, married \\'illjaiii S. Biiighaii); they liad twehe chilch'en.
'2. John T. Banl, died in Centerville, Fa., in 1878. He was a prominent citizen of Butler eounty and a leading Democrat. He served as prothonotarv of the county and was a Democratic candidate for Congress in his district. He was a member of the Democratic National Conventions that nominated Horatio Seymour and Samuel J. Tilden, and was a Fresidential elector on the Greeley ticket, in 1872. At the time of his death he was president of the Centerville Savings Bank. Mr. l}ai-d was mai-ried to Isabella Cross and had seven
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children: Austin, died young; Jackson E., a merchant at Centerville, Pa.; Horace E., his elder brother's busi- ness partner; Margaret, living at Mercer, Pa.; Zelmyra, married to S. F. Thompson, a lawyer at ^Mercer, Pa. ; Willbert, living at Denver, Col.; and William B., a jeweler at Mercer, Pa.
3. William B. Bard.
4. Benjamin F. Bard, went to Iowa, and served in an Iowa regiment in the civil war. He was killed in the service, leaving a son, Hoyt Bard, and two daughters.
5. Alpheus Bard, died young.
6. Jane Bard, died young.
7. Andrew J. Bard, was born in Centerville, Pa., June 5, 18^28, and was a merchant in his native town for a (juarter of a century. He was a justice of the peace for twenty vears, and postmaster imder President Cleveland. Mr. Bard has two sons, L. L., in the hard- ware business at McKeesport, Pa., and Robert M., a painter at Slippery Rock, and two daughters, Jennie D. (Mrs. Bartz), and Annie M., wife of Rev. U. S. Bartz, of Erie county. Pa.
8. Robert M. Bard.
AVilliani Bard, a brother of Samuel Bard, whose descendants are given above, went witii his brother to New Lisbon, Ohio, where he afterwards lived. He was the father of two sons. Kniery A. and Har- mon Bard, and of two daughters.
The names of other Bards are found scattered through the C^olonial and Revolutionary records concerning whom it is possible at this time to give only some incomplete references. One Samuel Bard, a native of Ireland, where he was born in 1734, enlisted in Captain John ^Vrights company. May 11,
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1759, and served in the French and Indian AVar. In the Pennsylvania Line there were two officers of the name, 2d Lieutenant Thomas Bard, of Captain Calderwood's independent company, of the 11th Regiment, in 1777, and 2d Lieutenant >\^iUiam Bard, of the 12th Regiment in 177(>. John Bard was a private in Captain John Spear's company, of the Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot, in 1777. Robert Bard was in active ser\'ice witli Captain Pat- rick Jack's marching company, of the Cumberland county militia, in 1777, and Richard Bard ser\'ed with Captain Joseph Culbertson's company the same year. John Bard served in the marching company of Captain W^illiam Huston, Cumberland county militia, in 177H, and AVilliam Bard was with the same company. I^ater in 177H, John Bard served with Captain John McConnell's marching com- pany. Stephen Bard was a private in Captain von Heer's dragoons, in 1779. He was living in Berks county, in 1885, aged eighty-one. These are only a few of the 15ard names culled from the records. Some of them can be identified but most of them are impossible of identification. In recent years the name has often occurred in the public records. In 1870, President (rrant nominated Sanuiel Bard to be governor of Idaho territory, and, in 1872, he nominated Samuel Bard to be deputy postmaster at Chattanooga, Tenn. In January, 1890, Henry D. Bard was appointed postmaster at Brazil, Ind., by President Benjamin Harrison. In con- junction with the name of Hemy I). Bard, of Brazil, Ind., the following pedigree, furnished by
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a lady living in Kansas, is interesting, even if not
accurate :
Dr. Thomas Bard, of early New York City history. "1 believe these names are right. "'
Henry Bard. Wilham Bard. John.
Settling in Ohio and at Bardstown. Ky.
"Wlui I believe settleil at L(ing Island."
Samuel Bard. Patterson Bard. A Daughter.
Settled at Bardspoint (in the Hudson, near Tarrytdwn.
Samuel Bard.
A Daughter.
William Bard.
Samuel Bard.
Abbie E. Bard.
A Judge in Mt. Vernon. Twice elected as Rep- Married to a Methodist
N. Y. resentative in Kan- minister — Cox.
sas. Now living in Brazil. Indiana.
XIV
■ BARDS of Gennaii origin are an important -^-^ element in the population of Pennsylvania and Maryland, especially in Berks, T..aneaster. York and Adams counties. Pa., and Frederick and A\^ashington counties, Md. Notwitlistandino- this, the name in simple form. Bard, appears only once in Kupp's "'Thirty Thousand Names.' The variations are Bardt, Bart, Bartli and Bahrt.
Tlie earliest names among the German Bards that emigrated to Pennsylvania, were Johannes Barth, Johan Georg Bard, Zacharias Barth and Henry Bard. Johannes Barth emigrated on the ship " AVilliam and Sarah, ' William Hill, master, and was qualified before tlie board of the Provincial Council, at Philadelphia, September 21. 17*27. Whether this Johannes Barth was identical with Johan Geoig Bard, who was naturalized in 17'34-5, it is impossible to say. George Bard, as the latter came to be called, obtained a warrant for 2.50 acres of land in Lancaster county. January 8. 1733. He lived in I^ampeter township, and died tliere in 1768. In religion he was a Lutheran, and his name occurs in one of the naturalization lists of Lancaster county, immediately above that of his pastor. Johan Casper Stoever. who emigrated to Pennsylvania on the ship ".lames (Toodwill," David Crocket, master, landing at Philadelphia. Septend^er IL 1728. Zach- arias Barth was a passenger on tlie ship ".Joyce,"
(iLi)
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William Ford, master. He was qualified at Phila- delphia, November 30, 1730. Henry Bard was natu- ralized in Philadelphia county, in 1740. His name appears in a list of persons '* being Quakers or such who conscientiously scruple to take an oath."
George Bard was the ancestor of the Bard family still represented by many respectable descendants in Lancaster and adjoining comities. He was the father of three sons, Zacliarias, Michael and Georffc, and of five daughters, tlie name of only one of whom, Bar- bara Bard, has been ascertained. She was married August '25, 17ol, to Peter Kicksecker.
Zacliarias Bard, son of Cxcorge Bard, of l^ampeter township, Lancaster county. Pa. was a member of Trinity lAitheran Church, I^ancaster. Zacliarias and Susanna Catharine Bard had eight children : Johaiin George, born Xo\eniber 25, 175S; Zacliarias, born July 20, 17o5 ; Joliann Philip, born March 27, 1757; Susanna Catharine, l)orii February 5, 1759; John Christoplier, born December 19, 1760; John INIichael, born September 1, 1762; John Adam, born April 30, 1764; and Catharine, born June 17, 1766.
Michael Bard, son of (xeorge Bard, of Lampeter township, was born in (Termany. May 4, 1721, and died in York county. Pa., January 22, 1775. He settled in York township, York county. Pa., where he possessed a large estate. After his deatli the bal- ance in tlie hands of liis administrators was ^6,867, 8 shillings. He obtained an order of survey for land in Guilford townsliip. Franklin county, then Cum- berland, ()ctol)er K), 1766. Bard sold this land in his lifetime to Barnard Keicliart, but died l)efore a
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conveyance was made and a deed to perfect title was executed by his lieirs, January 8, 1794. He was a member of the York County Committee of Observation, 1774-75. He was buried in a graveyard that he caused to be set apart on his farm, at Stony Brook, near tlie crossing of the Frederick Division of tlie Pennsylvania railroad, wliere his tombstone is still legible. Mr. Bard was married to Dorotliea George, who died in York county in 1795. They had one son, George, and two daughters, Barbara and Margaret.
George Bard, son of Michael and Dorothea (George) Bard, was born in 1759, and died in York township, York county. Pa., in 1812. He was a prominent farmer of York, now Springgarden to\^'n- ship, York county. At the time of liis death he owned 084 acres of land, situated contiguously, partly in Hellam and partly in York townships. He was executor of many estates, including that of Captain Michael Doudle, wlio commanded the first company raised in York county, at the outbreak of the Ke\ olution. ^Ir. Bard was married to Elizabeth AYolfF, daughter of Peter and Catharine A\' olfF.
Is!sue:
1. Michael Rard, married and had issue: AVilliaiii and George.
^. Catharine Bard, married , and had
issue.
'o. (Teorge Rard, (hed vouug.
4. Eh'zaheth Rard, married Kroan, and had issue.
5. John Rard, mai'ried and Iiad issue.
6. Daniel liard, died unmarried in JH'ZO.
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7. Mary Bard, married ^^^ebb.
8. Sarah Bard, died at York, Pa., July ^4, 1874. She was married to Dr. Jacob Hav, son of Jacob Hay, an emigrant from Scothmd, who settled in York county, Pa. Jacob Hay, the younirer, was <ijraduated at Princeton, and studied medicine with Dr. John Spangler, of Yoi'k; he was graduated AI.D. at the Uniyersity of Maryland. He died at York, Pa., April, 1875. Dr. Jacob and Sarah Hay had eight children: John, a successful physician, married to Sarah Danner; Mary E., mar- ried Rev. James A. Brown, D.D., at one time President of the Lutheran Theological Seminary, at Gettysburg, and was the mother of Jacob Hay Brown, associate Justice of the Supreme Court of PennsylvcUiia; Caroline; Lucy, married W. H. Davis; Jacob, William, Henry and Sarah.
Mrs. BariTs father, Peter Wolff, was a prominent citizen of Manchester township, York county, Pa., of which he was a[)pointed a justice of the peace, Septem- ber, 1777. He died in 1793, his wife, Catharine, sur- viving him. Of his six daughters, Dorothea was married to Michael Ege, Ann to Peter liecker, Barbara to Peter Schmeiser, Catharine was mnnarried, and Mar- garet married Christian Eyster.
Adam Wolff, only son of Peter and Catharine Wolff, was a justice of the peace, and owned a large knnber yard and tannery at the village of New Holland, in Manchester township, York county. Pa. He founded the village of Mount ^Volff in 185!2, and was head of the firm of Adam Wolff .S: Sons. (George H. Wolff succeeded to the business. AV^illiam W. W^olff was elected Sheriff of York county in 18();3, but died be- fore the expiration of his term.
Barbara Bard, daughter of Michael and Dorotliea (George) Bard, was married to Jacob Eichelberger, son of Michael Eicliel})eroer. who was born in 1743,
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and died at lleistertown, Md., in 1832. He was sheriff of York county. Pa., 1804-07, and a member of the Pennsylvania I^egislature in 1808. Subse- quently he remo^'ed to Reistertown, JMd.
Margaret Bard, daughter of JNIichael and Doro- thea (George) Bard, was born in 1753, and died Sep- tember 1, 1845. She was married to John Spangler, son of Balser and JNIagdalena (Bitter) Spangler, who was born June 29, 1747, and died October 11, 1796. He was a zealous patriot during the Revolution, and was county commissioner of York county, 1790-93.
Issue :
1. Zachariah Spangler, born March 10, 1778, was sheriff of York county. Pa., 1818-21, and a justice of the peace, 1828-35. He was married to Sarah Ganhier, daughter of Phih'p Gardner. Slie was born November 2, 1789, and died November 3, 1847. Issue: I^ouisa M., married Colin K. Mc- Curdy; Alexander, Elizabeth, Julian, Hamilton G., and Sarah Margaret, married John Gardner Campbell.
2. John Spangler, born Decembei- 1, 1779, and died Octo- ber 4, 1841, was married May 27, 1812, to Ann Barr, of Mavtown, Lancaster county, l*a. She was born in 1780, and died in 1870. Issue: Barr, William A., James, Frances, mar- ried Samuel Patterson; and Jane, married S. 1'. Sterrett.
3. Sarah Spangler, married, first to Smyser, and
secondly to Michael Welsh.
4. Martin Spangler, ])orn May 3, 1782, and died June 6, 1863, was a tanner at York, I*a. He was married April 17, 1810, to lA'dia Gardner, who died in 1847. Issue: Eleanor, married E})hraim Kieffer, and John.
5. William Spangler, born September 21, 1783, and died October 28, 1875, was married to Anna Mary , who was
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born in 179-1, and died February 14, 1826. Issue: Rebecea^ married John Getz; William Nathan; Maria; Lucv, married Emerson J. Case; Edward, stage carpenter at Ford's Theatre, AVashington, D. C, at the time ot President Lincoln's assassi- nation ; Theodore; and Leander.
6. Rebecca Spangler, born November 24, 1787, was mar- ried, first to George Jacobs, and second to Eli Hendricks. Issue bv first marriage: ^Margaret J., married John R. McDowell; Theodore and Oliver Perry. Issue })y second marriage: John and Maria.
7. Maria Margaret Spangler, born January 8, 1790, and died ill 1835, was married first to Jacob Buckey, secondly to George Miller, and thirdly to l*hilip Dietrick. Issue by tii'st marriage: Jacob ]\1.; Ann M., married Charles Mantz; and Sarah, married Lewis G. Kemp. Issue by second marriage: William R.
8. Juliana Spangler, born May 20, 1794, and died July 14, 1854, was married to Dr. William Mcllvain, son of Cap- tain John Mcllvain, an officer of the York County Associators, in active service with the '^Flying Camp," in 1776. Dr. Mcllvain was born in 1783, and died December 15, 1854. He was educated at Dickinson College, and was coroner of York county, 1818-21, and State Senator, 1824-27. Issue: Caroline, married Dr. Theodore M. Haller; Eliza Ann, married George Upp; Julia R., married Benjamin F. Ewell; Maria Jane, mar- ried Dr. James W. Kerr; Sarah C; William A.; [Mary Louise; and John Edwin.
The Spaiiglers are among the oldest and most respecta- ble German families of York, Pa. The emigrant ances- tor of the -John Spangler line, Balser Spangler, was a son of Hans Rudolf Spangler, and was born at Weyler, under Steinsberg, district of Hilsbach, now in Baden, November 29, 1706, and died at York, Pa., in 1770. He emigrated to Pennsylvania in the ship ''Pleasant,''
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J. Morris, master, and landed at Philadelphia, Octo- ber 11, 1732, and the same year he purchased a tract of 280 acres of land in Sprini^ettsbiu"v Manor, in what is now York county, Pa. He was married at Weyler, April 29, 1732, to Magdalena Ritter, who died in 1784. Their children were George, Balser, Daniel, Michael, Rudolf, John, Elizabeth and Juliana.
CTCorge Pliilip Bard, son of (Tcoroe Bard, of I^ampeter township, Ijancaster county. Pa., died in 1798. With his wife Margaret, lie hved in Upper I^eacock townsliip, in Lancaster county. His cliil- dren were Michael, P^ilizabetli, John, JMargaret, George, Mary and Jacob.
Michael Bard, son of (Tcorge Pliilip and Mar- garet Bard, died in 1882. He was a farmer in Upper I^eacock township, Lancaster county. Pa. He was married to jNIagdalena Bear, and liad two sons, Ben- jamin and Jacob.
Elizabeth Bard, daughter of George Philip and Margaret Bard, died April 11, 1810. She was mar- ried to Henry (Tcrber, of Cocalico township, I^an- caster county. Pa.
John Bard, son of George Philip and Margaret Bard, was married to Catharine Swope, daughter of Henry and Barbara Swope. They luid one daughter, Catharine, who was married to David Lebkecher, of Lancaster, Pa., and died in 1847.
C^eorge Bard, son of (xeorgc Philip and JNIargaret Bard, was born October 11, 1778, and died May 27, 18.5(). He lived near Binkley's Bridge, in Ephrata township, Lancaster county. Pa. He was married to Elizabeth Swope, daughter of Henry and Bai-bara
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Swope. She was born February 10, 1784, and died November 5, 18.50.
Issue :
1. Margaret Bard, born April J3. 180!ii, died September 15, 1883, was married to David Kurtz. Issue: Hein-y, Franklin, David, Susanna, Elizabeth and Fannie.
2. Jacob Bard, born August 14, 1803, and died Au- gust 25, 1880, was married and had two daughters, Anna and Ennna.
3. Henry Bard, born December 9, 1805, and died June 2, 1887, was a trustee of Bergstress Lutheran Church. He was married and had a son, George.
4. Mary Bard, born November 7, 1807, died February 11, 1873, was married to Henry Schreiner, who was born April 6, 1804, and died February 4, 1889. Issue: Adam, Henry, Israel and Elizabeth, married A. B. Schober.
5. George Bard, born May 9, 1809, and died Novem- ber 13, 1873, was married December 15, 1836, to Caroline Shindle, who was born March 4, 1818, and died October 12, 1898. Issue: Margaret, Catharine, Susanna, Wayne, David, Mary Ann, Elias, Salinda, Lucy, and George.
6. Levi Bard, born April 19, 1812, and died Novem- ber 2, 1896, was a farmer in West Earl township, Lan- caster county. Pa. He was married in 1851, to Frances Hahn, daughter of Daniel and Fanny (Shirk) Ilahn. Issue : Mary, .Jane, John Leaman, Clara Ann, Jacob Hahn, George Franklin, Ulysses Grant, and Carrie.
7. Adam Bard, born .January 21, 1814, was married and had eight children: William, George, Evans, Amanda, Alice, Lida, Anna and Ennna.
8. Sanuiel Bard, born October 15, 1816, was married November 21, 1843, to Leah Stuck, daughter of George
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and Sarah (Withers) Stuck. She was Ijoru Deeember 31, 1824, and died February 5, 1901. Issue: Susamia, G. WiHie, Harry S., Sarah Ann, Milton, James H., Laura F., Justus F., A<>;nes and Samuel.
Justus F. Bard, son of Samuel and Leali (Stuck) Bard, was horn July 15, 185(>. He is a farmer and justice of the peace in ITpper Leacock township, I^ancaster county. Pa. He was married Fe})ruary 1, 1888, to L. Ahce JNliller, daughter of Jacol) and Mary (Hess) .Aliller. She was horn June 18, I8(>!>. Justus F. and Ahce Bard liave three children: Cliarles Miller, horn Auoust 11, 1884. Mary Hess, born May 28, 181)0, and Samuel Stuck, horn May G, 1897.
Another I^ancaster county family of (Tcrman Bards is descended from Martin Bard, who died in middle life in 1758. His parenta()e has not been ascertained. He may have heen a son of Jacoh Bart, who emigrated to Pennsylvania on the sliip '"Hope" of T^ondon, August 28, 1788; of John Jacoh Barth, a passenger on the ship "Harle" of London, who landed at Pliiladelj)hia, September 1, 178() ; of Frantz Ludwig Barth, who came on the ship " AVinter (xal- ley," September 5, 1788; of Jacob Barth, wlio arrived on the ship *' Nancy," September 20, 1788; or of Martin Barth, landed from the snow '• Betsy," August 27, 1789. The last named Martin Bartli settled near what is now Littlestown, xVdams county. Pa., and had a son, ^lartin. Some of his sons wrote the family name Bard. Martin Bard, of Lancaster county, was married at the JNIoraviaii jueeting house, Lititz, March 11, 1740, to Eva Juliana Frantz. He was
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the father of seven children: INIaria, Daniel, Ludwig, Anna Catharine, Martin, Anna Eva and John.
Daniel Bard, son of Martin and Eva Juliana (Frantz) Bard, was born February 7, 1748, and died in 1805. He was a Captain in Lieutenant-Colonel James Ross's battalion, Lancaster county militia, in 1783. His wife Elizabeth survived him; they had two cliildren. Daniel and John.
Martin Bard, son of Martin and Eva Juliana (Frantz) Bard, was born May '22, 1752, and died in 1817. He was ensign in his brother Daniel's com- pany, I^ancaster county militia, in 1788. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa. He was married to Susanna Grubb, daughter of Cas- per and Elizabeth (Trubb, of AVarwick township, I^ancaster county, l*a. Their cliildren were John Martin, Casper, Susamia, Maria Margaret, married Pliilip Brong, Daniel, ^lartin, George, Catharine, married Jacob Albert, Elizabeth, and Mary.
Casper Bard, son of Martin and Susanna (Grubb) Bard, was born January 27, 1781, and died October, 1851. He lived in Xewberry township. York county. Pa. His children were Daniel, a daughter married to Joshua ]\Iowrey, Samuel, and Hannah. In his will lie mentions a grandson John and a granddaughter Cath- arine; Mrs. ^lowrey had two children, Elizabeth and Casper.
John Bard, son of Martin and Eva Juliana (Frantz) Bard, was born March 28, 1757. He served with a Lancaster county detachment of the "Flying Camp" in the Jerseys in 1770. The name of his wife was Elizabeth : they had one daughter, Maria.
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JMartin Bard, a native of Germany, emigrated to Pennsylvania in the snow ••Betsy," landing at Phila- delphia, August 27, T7'5i), and died in 1758. In Rupp's "Thirty Thousand Xames," his name is spelled Barth, but his children wrote it Bardt and Bard. He settled in (Germany township, in York, now Adams county. Pa. His wife, Sevilla, survived him only a few months. His will was dated January 17, 175(), ard proved in York county, February 4, 175cS ; tlie will of his wife was proved October 4, 1758. Martin and Sevilla Bard had eleven children : Peter, Philip, a taxable in Germany townsliip in 17i>J> ; JMartin, pos- si})ly identical witli JNIartin Bard, of Lititz, I.ancaster county. Pa.; Barnet; Steplien; George: Paul: Fran- cis; Catharine; Susanna, (Mrs. Smith): and \ eronica, (Mrs. Hevickl).
Peter Bard, son of Martin and Sevilla Bard, was a cordwainer in Frederick county, Md. His will was dated January 8, 1790, and proxed at Frederick, Md., March 10, 171)4. He left a wife Catliarine, and six children: Jonathan, Jacob, Mary, (Mrs. Hartsock), Margaret, (Mrs. Hartman), Madalina, (INIrs. Hart- sock), and Elizabeth. This family changed the spell- ing of the name to Beard. Jonathan Beard, the eldest son of Peter and Catliarine Beard, died before his father. In liis will, dated April 7, 1788, and proved at Frederick, Md., March 1), 1781), he named a wife Margaret, and issue: Mary, Peter, Philip, Christian, and a child unborn.
Barnet Bard, son of Martin and Se\'illa Bai-d, died in 1781). The names of his children have not been ascertained, with the exception of one son, Barnhart
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Bard. In liis will, dated September 7, 1812, and proved at Frederick. Md., November 27, 1821, he named a wife Catharine, and ten children: Daniel, Jacob, John, Abraham, l*eter, Catharine. Juliana, Elizabeth. Maf^'dalcna, and Sarah.
I^aniel Bard, son of Barnhart and Catharine Bard, was born near Littlestown. Adams county. Pa., July 23, 1790, and died at Briohton, 111., August 9, 1841. He served in the ^Vnv of 1812. His children were Joseph, born at A\^illiamsburg, Pa., in 1820, a soldier in the Civil AVar; Isaac, born near Mansfield, ()., in 1885. and died in Chicaoo. 111., in 1898, leaviii"- a widow, Jennie Bard; and A\"illiani F., born at Brigh- ton. 111., in 18:38. lives in Chicago. \\"illiam F. Bard married and has issue: George R.. born at JMoline, 111.. July 1. 18()(). and is a real estate dealer in Chicago; A\^illiam F.. born Jamiary 19. 1871; JMin- nie, born March 12, 1875; and Charles A., born July 22, 1877.
Stephen Bard, son of Martin jind Sevilla Bard, died in 1782, leaving a wife Catharine. In his father's will, his name is written Stevin, He was a soldier of the Kevolution, ser\'ing with the troop of light dra- goons raised by Captain Bartholomew \"on Heer as a provost guard for General AVashington's army.
George Bard, son of JNIartin and Sevilla Bard, died in 1708. He lived at Abbottstown, in what is now Berwick township, Adams county. Pa. In his will, dated August 2(3, 1708, and proved November 7, 1708, he named a wife Barbara, and eight children: Barbara, Susanna, Anna Maria. John George. Catha- rine, ^lagdalena, Paul, and Mariles or Elizabeth.
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Barbara Hard, bom in ^Vpril, 1752, was married to George l.,eisser, and went to Ohio. Paul Bard, born in April, 17C5, had a son (Teorge. Elizabetli Bard, born in August, 17<)H, was married to Christian Dick, of Abbottstown, and had a son, (^eorge Diek.
Francis Bard, son of Martin and Sevilla Bard, died in 1788. He owned a homestead in (Tcrniany township, York, now Adams county. Pa., that was sold by his administrator, by order of the court, for the payment of his debts. The property was sold to George linger for ^208. Francis Bard had two sons, John and Francis. Jolm Bard died before his father, lea\'in"- a daut»hter, Catliarine, and a son, Jolm. Francis Bard, the younger, was administrator of his father's estate.
The ancestor of another Frederick county, j\Id., family of German Bards was Xicklaus Bard. He emigrated to Pennsylvania on the ship " p]idinburgh," James Russel, master, landing at Philadelphia, August 18, 1750. His name is spelled Bard in Rupp's '• Tliirty Thousand Names," and it is the only instance of this spelling of the name in the voluminous lists printed in tliat work. It has not been ascertained whether he had other children be- sides his son John, who wrote his name Beard.
John Beard, son of Xicklaus Bard, the emigrant^ was a wagon-maker in Frederick county, JNId., and owned a farm of eighteen acres that he called "Wagon AVheel." He gave his land to his two eldest sons, X^icholas and John, wlio were to divide with the other children, share and share alike. At the time of his death his children were all minors.
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His will was dated August 26, 1763, and proved February 19, 1764, with his father as his executor. He left a wife, Clora, and a son Michael, besides Nicholas and John, and other children.
Nicholas Beard, son of John and Clora Beard, was a private in Captain AVilliani Heyser's company of the German regiment, commanded by Baron Arendt. He had a son, Andrew Beard, probably anion"' other children, whose son, George Beard, died at or near Chewsville, JNId., February 28, 1873.
John Beard, son of John and Clora Beard, was a Revolutionary soldier; he enlisted in Washington county, Md.
Michael Beard, son of John and Clora Beard, was probably identical with Michael Bawart, who was a private in Captain AVilliam Heyser's company, of the German regiment, connnanded by Baron Arendt.
Frederick Beard, whose parentage is not ascer- tained, but who was probably a grandson of Nick- la us Bard, was born at Mechanicstown, Frederick county, Md., November 1, 1767, and died in 1842. He served in the Revolution, part of the time in the Commander-in-Chief's guard. About 1810, he removed to Liberty township, Adams county. Pa., where he owned 2,500 acres of land at Fountaindale. He was married to Margaret AVeigle.
Issue :
1. Jacob Beard, went to Michigan, in 1848.
2. John Beard, went to Janesville, Oliio.
3. Samuel Beard, lived at Fountaindale, Adams countv. Pa. Issue: Lewis, George, Jessie, Josiah. Reuben, Levi, David, Rachel, and Julia Ann.
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4. Geor<^e Beard, died in November, 184'3. He lived in Liberty township, Adams county. Pa. He was married to Sarah Minta, and had, among other children, Daniel Beard, who was born July 8, 1822. Daniel Beard went to Illinois as a youni;' man and settled in McLean county, but returned to Adams county. Pa., in 1861, and made his home in Hii;hland township. He was married, first, November 11, 1847, to Barbara Kelly, who died March 29, 1882, and second, April 8, 1886, to Catharine Haldeman. Amoni^ his children by his first marriage were Charles E., Virginia and Henry Foster.
5. David Beard, killed on the ""'raijeworm" i-ailroad, in 1838.
6. Frederick Beard, settled in Chambersburg, Pa.
7. Elizabeth Beai'd, married Siter.
8. Mary Beard, married Lum.
9. Magdalena Beard, married, first, John Carr; second, Kelly.
10. Margaret Beard, mai'ried John Mclntviv.
An eastern fainily of (iernum Bards presents an interestino- example of the illusive difficulties that confront the Pennsylvania genealogist. It is de- scended from Jacob Bart, who emigrated to I'enn- sylvania on the ship "Hope," of London, landing at Philadelphia, xVngust 28, IT-i'J, and died in Cole- brookdale township, in Berks county, in 1760. In his will, which was dated .April 9, 1760, and proved September .*J, 1760, his name was written Bart. The name of his wife was Dorothea, but whether she was Dorothea Eisemnan, daughter of Michael and Catharine Kisenman, is uncertain. JNIichael Kisemnan died in \\^indsor township, Berks county, in 1772.
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The beneficiaries named in his will were his brother's son, Nicholas ; Peter Eisennian's daughters, Eliza- beth and Catliarine, and Jacob Bart's children, but there is no clue to tlie relationship of the Bart cliildren to the testator. Jacob and Dorothea Bart had four sons: John, who was married to a daughter of George Pliilip ^Miller, of Bethel townsliip, Berks county: Jacob, of wliom nothing has been learned; Martin, who died in 1812, leaving a widow, Selina ; and iNIichael, who died in 1814, leaving a wife, Catharine, and two sons, John and Daniel.
Anotlier eastern Pennsylvania family of German orio'in is descended from INIichael Bardt, a native of the Palatinate, who landed at Philadelphia, October 10, 1794. He settled near The Trappe, in what is now Providence township, Montgomery county. Pa. He was married in (Tcrmany, and was accompanied to Pennsylvania by his wife, and according to tradi- tion, their three eldest sons. Only one of Iiis chil- dren, Michael, has been identified. Mrs. Bardt died in 1758.
Michael Bard, son of Michael Bardt, the emigrant, died in 1800 01. AVhen he left the paternal home at The Trappe, he settled in Robeson township, Berks county. Pa. He was married in June, 1758. to Susanna Sprogel. daugliter of John Henry Sprogel, in his da\' a prominent man in what was then Philadel- phia county. Michael and Susanna Bard had ten children: Adam, Samuel, Elisha, Hannah, Jeremiah, Clu'istina, Ezekiel, Sarah, Mark and Amos.
^Vdam Bard, son of Michael and Susanna (Sprogel) Bard, was appointed first lieutenant of Captain AA^il-
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liani Lewis" company in tlie fifth battalion, Jierks County Associators, ^lay 17, 1777. In the "Penn- sylvania ^Archives," his name is sometimes spelled Beard. He was appointed captain of the tliird com- pany of the third battalion, Berks county militia, May 19, 1780.
Samuel Bard, son of Michael and Susanna (Spro- ge\) Bard, was born in Robeson townsliip, Berks county, Pa., and became a farmer near C'olle<>c\ illc. Pa. He was noted as a mechanical engineer and built many of the bridges in Montgomery county. Mr. Bard was the father of ten children: Michael, AVilliam, Ezekiel. SusannaJi. Kliza. Samuel. Hannah, Christian, Elisha and Jesse.
Ezekiel Bard, son of Samuel Bard, i-emoA ed to Salem, ()., al)out 1840. Among his ciiildren were Ephraim, Jesse and Frank P. 15ard.
Elisha Bard, son of Samuel Bard, lived in Berks county. Pa. He was married to Catharine Fmstead, daughter of Harmon and Aim Tmstead; they liad a son, Mark Bard.
Jesse Bard, tiie youngest son of Sanmel Bard, was born in 1801). He settled at iVlliance, Stark county, ().. where he died in 181)5. His childi'cn were Edwin C., Topeka. Kan.; J'liomas H., Alliance, ().; ^Vllen C.. Chicago, 111.; Sarah F. (Mi-s. ]5ishop). Ames, la.; Jeimie. ^Vmes. la.; and Emma (Mrs. Uomei'o), Chile, S. A.
Mark Bard, son of Micliael and Susanna (Sprogel) Bard, died in 182;). He was a waooner between Phil- adelphia and Pittsburgh. Mr. I^ard was mari'ied to Mary (tUiss; they liad seven children: Samuel, a.
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blacksmith at IMiddletown, Pa.; Hannah, married Henry Huyette, of near Birdsboro, Pa.; Anna, mar- ried Jacob ^Vicklein, of Reading, Pa.; Isaac, a ham- merman at the Lebanon forge; Ehsha, a bhicksmith at Fritztown, Berks county. Pa.; Mary, married Jacob Hawke, of Reading; and Jeremiah.
Jeremiah Bard, or Beard, son of Mark and Mary (Glass) Bard, was born in Robeson township, Berks county, l*a., August 20, 1819, and was reared by his uncle, Ezekiel Bard. He was a carpenter, and was foreman of the wood works of the Schuylkill Canal, and later of the E. tSc (t. Brooke Iron W^orks. During the civil war, he was an assistant revenue assessor in Berks county. He was a justice of the peace for Lhiion township, 1885 ()»3, and was at one time bur- gess of Birdsboro. Mr. Beard was married October 8, 1840, to Rebecca Searles, daughter of John Searles, of Birdsboro; they had five children: Ellen, Alice, Emma, Harry and Sydney L.
Amos Bard, or Beard, son of Michael and Susanna
(Sprogel) Bard was married to Clevenstine,
daughter of Henrv and Sarah Clevenstine, of Berks county. Pa. He had two children, Henry and Keziah.
Henry Beard, son of Amos Beard, was a merchant in early life, and later ran a line of boats on the old Schuylkill Canal. He was married to Elizabeth ^^'ar- ren ; their children were Augustus, Mary, Catharine, Elizabeth and Amos H.
Amos H. Beard, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Warren) Beard, was born near Birdsboro, Pa., November 80, 1844. He served five months in Com- pany I. 194th Regiment. P. \ .. and was afterward a
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merchant and later in tlie employ of the Philadelphia tV Reading Railroad. He was elected a member of the Reading C\)mmon Council in 1889, and served in the Select Council for many years, becoming its presi- dent. He was married to Kate E. Hippie ; their children were P],hiier K., W^illiam. Kirk A., Harry VV. and Elizabeth M.
The last representative inunigrant of the Hard name in the eigliteenth century was John Louis Barde, who was born in Switzerland in 1756, and died at Hirdsboro, Herks county. Pa., in 1791). He was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Entrland, and entered the Hritisli armv as a subaltern. He served with the expedition against tlie Spaniards in their attack upon Pensacola in 1779. He subse- quently sold his connnission, and coming North in 1782, he became a citizen of the I'nited States. Li 1788 he settled at Hirdsl)oro, in Herks county. Pa.. where he bought Hay Creek Forge in 179(). Mr.
Barde married Farmer, daughter of Major
Robert Farmer, Enghsh (tox crnor of A\\'st Florida.
Issue :
L Samuel liacck'. dit'd unmun'ifd.
52. Amu Rank', uiai'i'icd Matthew Bfookt'. sou of Matthew aud Frauees Brooke, of" Liuierick towushij), Moutt^oiuerv eouutv. Pa. She had two sous, Edwai'd aud (Teorj^e, who sueeeeik'd to the Barde estate at Biidshoro, aud three daughters, one of whom became the wife of the Hou. Hiester Clvuier.
The lii'ooke fauiilv is descended from .Johu aud Fiauces Brooke, Enghsh Friends, wlio came to Peunsvlvauia frotn Voi'kshire, Eug., in 169^2. Befoi'e k'a\ ing Eng- land, Johu Brooke bought 1,500 acres of land to be
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located anvwhere between the Delaware and Su.sc[ue- hanna Rivers. With his wife and two sons, James and Matthew, he landed on the Jersey side of the Delaware, below Philadelphia, but both he and his wife died soon aftei' landint;-, and were buried at Haddonfield, N. J. His sons took up a tract of land under his giant in what is now Limerick township, ^Montgomery county. Fa.
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^^HK Bairds of the counties ^Antrim and Down, -■^ in the north of Irehmd, were reserved for the elosino- chapter of this "Clironicle of tlie Bards," because of their appositeness in tlie discussion of the ancestry of tlie Bards of Carroll's l)elit>ht. Neither the most painstaking research nor the most careful study of the facts unearthed from the Public liecords of Ireland has so far resulted in the settlement of the problem. In this work of research and study, none of the Barde, Baird or Beard families of whom any- thing could be learned escaped scrutiny. What made the task especially difficult was the fact that for a long time no name presented itself as one u])on which to concentrate an accunudation of nebulous knowdedge. PiVen family names, so often useful in tracing genealogies of ancestors submerged by change of country and lapse of time, were found illusive in their suggestions. It seemed to be fated that the ancestral Bard, or Baird. or Beard, who went from England or Scotland to Ireland, and from there after two or three generations transplanted to America the founder of virile stock, should be nameless.
The hiter generations of many /Vmerican families lune lost the names of their emigrant ancestors. It was so with the descendants of ^\i-chibald Beard, of Carroll's Delight. K\'en a Pennsylvania genealogist of some authority, the late Dr. A\'illiam Henry Egle, called him Bernard Bard in a biography of his son
(i:?.5)
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Richard, and this false name was accepted as the true one by some of his great-grandchildren, in spite of the fact tliat one of his grandsons and one of his great-grandsons bore the name of Archibald.
In Ireland, after a faithful search, the Scotch name of Archibald failed to reveal any connection with the Bards of Carroll's Delight, or the Bairds of Kilhenzie or Auchmedden. Indeed, it was found in only one family — that of William Baird, of Grange, on the Foyle, in County Tyrone. Hopeful as this clue seemed, no connecting links could be discovered. The name of the eldest son of Archibald Beard, of Carrolfs Delight, was Richard. Only one Richard Beard was found in Ireland in the ancestral period. This is the Richard that went to Ireland, about 1680, under Francis Blennerhasset, an English undertaker in the barony of Lurg, County Fermanagh. He was still livinff in 16.59, when he owned an estate in the parish of Galloon, which was partly in County Mono- ghan and partly in County Fermanagh. At that time the people on his estate were eleven in number, but no trace has been found of his posterity.
Richard Bard's first-born — the son that was killed by the Indians in 1758 — was named John Bard. This fact suggested to the compiler of this Chronicle an inquiry into tlie history of the John Bairds in the counties of Antrim and Down who were possible ancestors of Archibald Beard. The earliest of these was the Rev. John Baird, or Beard, who went to Ire- land in 1642 as chaplain of Colonel Campbell's Scotch regiment, and preached before the first Irish Presbytery at Carrickfergus. He was ordained min-
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istcr at Dervock, l)ut later he returned to Seotland. His deseendauts are known and eonsequently liis name nuist l)e eliminated from the aneestral list. The Rev. John Baird, of Dervoek, was followed to Ire- land hy a nuinher of Johns in the latter half of the seventeenth century, among whom were several heads of families. The surname Baird is adopted as a uniform spellino' in this place, but in the documents in the Record OfHce of the Four Courts, Dublin, it is as often written Beard as Baird. Among these were John Baird, a merchant, probably in Belfast, in 1672, as ap])ears by a Bill in Chancery, dated Novem- ber 3, 1(577: John Baird, parish of Deiryloran, (Cookstown), County Tyrone, whose will was dated Septeml)er 4, 1714, and who left a widow and two sons — James and John; John Baird, place of resi- dence not given, whose wife Kleanor obtained letters of administration on his estate. May (J, 1717; John Baird (Barde), of Dromore parish. County Down, whose will was proved June 22, 1720; and John Baird, of Skeog townland, Dromore paiish. County Down, whose will was pro\ ed July 4, 17.'i4. In none of these families was any ancestnd claim found to be probable. Richard Hard\ second son, tiic eldest born after Mrs. Bard's return from capti^ ity, was named Isaac. Isaac Bard's younger brother. Judge Archibald Bard, named one of his sons Isaac, and his uncle, \\ illiam Bard, the founder of Bardstown, Ky., also gave the name of Isaac to his youngest son. Thus it is seen that Isaac was a family C^hristian name in this Bard family. iVt the same time that Archibald Beard, the emigrant ancestor of this family, owned and con-
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ducted a mill in Hamiltonban township, York, now Adams county, Pa., Isaac Baird, was a miller in Broadisland parish, County Antrim, Ireland. This may be merely a coincidence, but even as a coinci- dence it is worthy of being placed upon record in this place. Broadisland parish, now known as Tem- plecorran, is situated on Lough Larne, on the road from Belfast to Larne, five miles northeast of Carrick- fergus. Its situation increases tlie importance of the coincidence of Isaac Baird's residence tliere in 1768 and earlier, as will be sliown liereafter. xVt tliat time Isaac Baird was evidently an old man. as he was dis- posing of his leases in the parish.
It is, however, to Judge Archibald Bard, second son of Richard Bard after the return of Mrs. Bard from captivity, and grandson and namesake of Archi- bald Beard, of Carroll's Delight, that we owe the only real clue to the ancestry of the family tiiat has yet been found. On the flyleaf of an old book, he left a brief record of his lineage in scriptural form, beginning M'itli himself: ""Archibald Bard, which was the son of Hicliard, which was the son of ^Vrchibald, which was the son of David, which was tlie son of AA illiam." As regards these additional names traditional usage has been followed in tlie families of the descendants of Archibald Beard. The emigrant ancestor s second son was A\"illiam, and his youngest son was David. A\^il- liam Bard had a son named David, and one of the elder David Bard's grandsons was William. Richard Bard also gave the name of William to one of his sons, who died in childhood. Thus we see the law of family Christian names preser\ed through three generations.
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The luiines of William lk*ard and David Ikard ?ippear in juxtaposition only in the northeastern par- ishes of County Antrim. Their names appear in con- junction in 1()(39 in a hearth money roll of Glenarm, in Carncastle parish, County Antrim, for one hearth each. This j)arish of Carncastle, or C^istle-Cairn. is situated on the shore of the North Channel, which forms its eastern boundary, and upon the road from I^arne to Glenarm and the royal military road from Belfast to the Giants' Causeway. It is only three miles northwest hy north from Larne, and within easy reach of the pai'ish of Broadisland or Temple- corran. in which Isaac Baird was living half a century later. It is fully within the line of reasonable possi- bility that \Villiam Beard, of the Hearth Money Roll, w^as the father of l)a\ id. and that David Beard was the fathei' of /Vrchibald Beard, of Carroll's Delight. This assumption is met, howe\'er. by some conflicting but, perhaj)s, not irreconcilable facts. In 17*24-, David Beard served as a delegate to the (Tcneral Synod of Flster at Dunoaimon with the Bex. James Creiohton, Presbyterian minister at (Tlenarm. \\"as he the David Beard of the Hearth Money Roll ol' 1()()1)^ It is pos- sible, but it seems uidikely. In 17H>. when John Beard died at Glenarm, the administration bond of his widow Ellinor was signed by David Beard and James ^^'ilson. This Da\ id was probably a son of John and Ellinor Beard, of (Tlenarm, and the IVesby- terian elder of 1724. In 1722, a David Beard died in the ])arish of Donegore, in the barony of Upper Antrim, County ^Vntrim. This parish is a few miles east by north of the town of Antrim. Jane Beard,
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his widow, was his administratrix. Her sureties were WiUiani and Robert Beard, probably her sons. A\^il- hani Beard died in the parish of Ballyeaston, near Ballyclare, county Antrim, in 17J^3, and Robert Beard in Donegore parish in 1746, Martha Beard being his administratrix. That WiUiam and Robert Beard were brotliers is indicated by the fact that Robert was Wilham's administrator, and that they were of the Glenarm family is suggested if not proved })y tlie coincidence that the administration bonds of botli John Beard of Glenarm, and David Beard, of Donegore, were witnessed by the same per- son, William Carroll. A similar coincidence came in the nex": generation, Henry Marmion being the wit- ness to the administration bonds both of William Beard, of Ballyeaston, and James Beard, of Creagno- gan, county Antrim, who died in 1750, leaving a son, John Beard. That William and Robert, and. per- haps, James Beard were brothers of Archibald Beard, of Carroll's Delight, is probable but "not proven. "
James Baird, a grandson of Elder David Beard, lived at Glenarm until 190.5. when he died at a very advanced aoe. It was his belief that if Archibald Beard, of Carroll's Delight, belonged to the (Tlenarm family he was married not at Glenarm but at Coal Island. Mr. Baird could give no explanation of this belief, but it is often found in the vague traditions of families that latent memories of migration exist long after all actual knowledge of them has been obliter- ated. The truth of James Baird's belief can be sup- ported by probabilities, even if it can not be pro\'ed. Coal Island is a post town in the center of the Tyrone
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coal field, on the roads from Dungannon to BalUii- derry and from I^urgan to Stewartstown. It is noted for a eanal three miles in lengtli from the river Blaek- water, wliieli it joins near Lough Xeagli. In this eon- neetion it is noteworthy that John Dren and George Littell. two of the sureties on tiie bond of Jolin Beard, as administrator of his father, James Heard, of Creagnogan, were both of tlie jiarish of Killead, which is situated four and a half miles south of tlie town of Antrim, on tlie road to Lurgan, and for eiglit miles on the west is bounded by Lough Xeagh. Thus we see that tliis family of the Beards of Lister was scattered from the North Sea to the Blackwater. The importance of this fact will be all the more manifest when we come to discuss the marriage of iVrchibald Beard in the Lotter Sketch in "The Bard Kinship."
It is not improbable that the father of AVilliam Beard, of the (ilenarm Hearth Money Roll of U)(>1), was l)a\id Bard, of Island Magee. In the so-called •'l)e]K)sitions of KJ^l " there are abstracts of the examination of a mnnber of persons, including Kath- arine Bard, wife of David, concerning the nun-der of Phclemy McCtCC and his family in Island Magee, in one of which it is said that after McCtCC had been left for dead he was sheltered by David Beard, l)ut that he was killed the next day. From this David Bard or Beard the family name of David has been preser\ed in the Beard family of County iVntrim until the present time. There is a David Baird who keeps a public house in Ballywee, but unfortunately he knows nothing of his ancestors. Ballywee is in Kilbride parish, adjoining Donegore. James Baird owns New-
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mills Mills, ill 15allywee. and resides at Holestone, and his brother, John Baird, lives in Ballywee. John Bairds aneestors ha\e been settled at Ballywee for fully a century and a half as he found, in pulling down an old building, n stone with F. B. (Francis Bah'd) and 1769 on it. This stone he has built into the pillar of his avenue gate. John Baird knows nothing about his family, except that they came from Ayrshire in Scotland at the time of the Plantation of Ulster. Besides these Bairds there is a Widow Baird at Craighall, in Donegore parish, whose son. David Baird, is a small farmer. The widow and her son live in a small thatched cottage. They know nothing about their history, except that the family has been at Craighall for se\'eral generations and came there from near Xewmills, in the borders of Donegore parish. This accords in some measure with the tradi- tions of the Bairds of Cxrange, in Coimty Tyrone. INIr. Andrew 15aird. the present owner of Aughter- moy, near Dunamanagh, told the compiler of this "Chronicle" in 11)02 that his family was at Creighcor before going to the Foyle. AVhether he meant Craighall or Creagnoghan or some other place it is impossible to conjecture in view of the niar\ clous orthography of the names of })laces in Ireland.
As to the ancestry of the Bards of Carroll's Delight, nothing that is certain is known: the fore- going speculations are given not as a settlement of the question but as facts and conjectures that may aid in future research.
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PART II
BARDS OF -CARROLL S DELIGHT '
A RCHIBALD BEARD, tlie cinionmt ancestor ^^^ of the Bards of "CaiToU's Deli^^htr was a soil of David Beard, and a grandson of W^illiani Beard. He was probalily born in County ^Vntrini, Ireland, and was presmiialjiy of Scotch antecedants. Among liis possil)le Scottisli forebears was Wilhani Baird, of Balhiteur. parish of Lewrie, Diuibarton- sliire. who died jNlay 0, 160(). lea^ int>' a wife, Mar- garet Drew, sons David and Alexander, and a daughter, Janet. Archibald Baird, of INIekill Govane, died in October, 1590. Tliese include family names among iVrchibald Beard's descendants in America, found in Scotland just previous to the Plantation of Lister. The same family names in County An- trim, h'eland, before ^Archibald Beard's emigration, together with a discussion of his ancestry, are given in tlie last cliapter of "A Chronicle of the Bards."
In Scotland the family surname lias been written Baird for many generations. In h'eland, for a century and a half after the Llantation it was oftener written Beard than Baird. The ^Vmerican family, whose genealogy follows, has adopted the uniform spelling — Bard . but Archibald, the emigrant ancestor, wrote his name Beard, and his second son, W^illiam, signed a deed, on record in Franklin county, I'a., Haird. His eldest son, Richard, was always Bju'd
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when he wrote his own name, hut it was often Baird, or Beard, when liis name was written hy others. The later orthography was in faet only a return to tlie earher. From tlie thirteentli to tlie sixteenth century the customary spelhng was Barcl, or Barde. Tlie name was Bard on the Raonian's Roll. In JNIaybole, the modern Bairds were " the sept of the Bardes." When writino- came into general use the orthography of family names assumed eccentric forms. The simple name Bard became Biard and Bierd in the Public Records as well as Baird and Beard ; it was sometimes written Berd instead of Bard. Such variations in the spelling of a family name, easily understood at the time of their use, could not fail to result in obscurity and doubt after the lapse of many years. With the descendants of Archibald Beard the return to tiie simpler form of the name had serious results, and for a while the emigrant ancestor was an unknown quantity in the equation of the family. Indeed, for a long time the first of the family in ^America was lost to sight altogether, and to a stranger was accorded the seat of honor under the spreading branches of the Family Tree.
\Vhen the researches that resulted in this history were first undertaken, tlie compiler, like an eminent Irish genealogist. Sir Kdnumd T. Bewley, in another case similar to this one and. ])erhaps, akin to it, whs entirely "free from any preconceived ideas, and in- deed, from any })rcliminary knowledge." There were no traditions among tlie living Bards that })()inted to Arcliibald Beard, of " Carroll's l)elii»ht." as tlicir
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emigrant ancestor; indeed, tliere was no knowledge that he even liad existed. There were no known family records rehiting to him. ^Vlthongh it was afterward fonnd that lie had left a nnmerous pos- terity, divided into three distinct branches, his de- scendants had little or no knowledge of each other, or of their ancestry. In the task of tinding the Hard ancestor and learning his history, the only hope was in chance references in printed books and in scattered entries in the Public Records.
To make the quest all the more difficult, the late Dr. William Henry Egle, with the enthusiastic but indiscriminating zeal of the amateur genealogist, made an erroneous statement that was not oidy mis- leading, but that proved mischiexous. In a brief sketch of Richard Hard, as a member of the Peim- sylvania Convention that ratified the Federal Con- stitution, Dr. Egle said that his fathei', Hernard Hard, settled and built a mill on Middle Creek, in what is now Adams county. Pa. Unfortunately, this mistake was printed in an • authoritati\ e historical journaf'', and thus acquired acceptance and \itality that rendered a mere denial insufficient for its cor- rection. To counteract the effects of the blunder it became necessary that the truth in I'cgard to Richard Hard's ])arcntage should be established by proofs that would be accepted as evidence in a judicial pro- ceeding in a court of law. These proofs need not be sunmied up in this place. They will be found in almost every line of this history of Archibald Heard.
After his emigration to ^Vmerica, Archibald Heard
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settled in Delaware. In a record of the Hamilton family, compiled by the late A. Boyd Hamilton, of Harrisburg-, it is noted that John Hamilton, the son of John and Isabella Potter Hamilton, was buried October 17, 1741, '*at Archibald Beard's, in Miln Creek Hundred, Newcastle county, Del." Hamilton came to America on the ship "Dunnegall" with his brother-in-law, John Potter, arriving at Newcastle, September 25, 1741, Isabella Potter Hamilton died the day after their arrival. The affiliations of the Hamiltons, Potters and Bards, after the emigration, w^ere very close, but the most exhaustive research has failed to reveal a complete explanation of their relationship.
Nothing has been ascertained concerning the resi- dence of Archibald Beard in Delaware, beyond the reference to it made by ^V. Boyd Hamilton, who, unfortunately, failed to mention the source of his information. The cause of his removal to "Carroll's Delight" is easily explained. Among his neighbors in INIiln Creek Hundred was Jeremiah I^ochery, the ancestor of the I^ochery family of western Pennsyl- vania. Beard and I..ochery agreed to join with two others, John AVitherow and James McGinley, in the purchase of a tract of 5,000 acres of land from Daniel Carroll, of Duddington Manor, in Prince George's county, Md., which Carroll had obtained under a grant from Lord Baltimore. To this tract was given the name of ''Carroll's Delight." It was in every way worthy of the name. It is a beautiful sweep of coun- try between the Sugar Loaf and Jacks Mountain, in the western part of what is now^ Adams county. Pa.
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Oil the south Jiiid forinino- a part of the traet is JMiissehiiairs Hill. It is eoursed by a luiinber of swift-riimiiiio- streams tliat have their sources in the mountains on the north. One of these. Mud Run, on whieli Mr. Heard built a mill, comes out of a moun- tain .i^'or^e at the base of the Su^ar Loaf, and forms a junction with Middle Creek, east of Mussehnan's Hill. ^Vnother stream a mile to the westward, Tom's Creek, comes out throut)-h a i»'oroe at the Western Marykmd Railroad horseshoe, on the eastern side of Jack's Mountain. Still another stream, wliich winds around the base of the mountain on the west and south from Fountaindale, is Miney Hranch, whicli joins Toms Creek near Mason and Dixon's Line. All of these streams water the splendid vale that Heard. Lochery, ^^^itherow and McClinley bought from Daniel Carroll, in 1741. From the mountain heights the ^'iews fully justify the name given to the tract bv the orioiuul onuitee — "Carroll's Deli"ht. '
Heard, Lochery. \\ itherow and McGinley divided their extensive purchase to suit themselves. Heard's part was in the forks of Middle Creek, northeast of the present village of Fairtield. ^Vrchiljald Heard executed a bond to W'illiam ^^^augh, dated May 19, 17.^53, conditioned for the comeyance of .*3()() acres of land, "part of a tract in Carroll's Delight which said iVrchibald and partners bought from Charles Carroll. ' The purchase price that ^^"augh agreed to pay was twenty-two pounds ten shillings, sterling, per hundred acres, making in round numbers $3'S0 — for the plantation. No deed appears to have })een executed in Mr. Heard's lifetime. William Wauglu
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Sr., assi<»Med the bond to W^illiain \Vaii<»'li, Jr., March 4, 1770, and tlie elder Waugh executed a deed to his son, March 21, 1770, for the land. This deed con- tained a recital charg'ino- that XA'^illiani Hush "did in a fraudulent and clandestine manner obtain from Charles Carroll, Esq., of Annapohs, a deed for part of said land adjoining his own (Rush's) plantation, notwithstanding^ all said land was purchased long before of said Charles Carroll by /Vrchibald Heard (Sc Co., and notwithstanding said land was in my quiet possession many years before said W'illiam Hush obtained a deed for it, as aboxe mentioned." The AA^augh title was held to be valid and the family of William A\ augh. Jr., lived on the huid for many years afterward.
AVilliain \V;iiii;li was anioiit;' the t-ai'lv if not the eai'liest farmers in the Marsli Creek Settlement. His w ife, Jane, (lied in 1770. The date of liis death has not been aseei'tained hnt he died at an advanced ai;e. Samnel \\^ui»i;h, son of William and .lane W^auirh, was a tai'mei' in llamiltonhan township. He was married to
Doui^'lass; their children were John, James,
Isaac, Samuel, Nancv and Jane. Nancv \Vaui>;h n)ai'ried
William (xilson and Jane Waugh mai-ried W^illiam
Richardson.
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cer county, l*a., in 1789. He was twice married : first,
to Martha Kennedy, and second, to Sarah Miitchmore.
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dauf^hter, Ida Waugh, the artist. Issue In his second
wife: Mary, Agnes, Sarah, Samuel, P]li/abeth, Rachel
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Wilmington, McTcer coniitv, Pa., in 1815. He was appointed a eaptain in the Sixth Regiment, Pennsyl- vania Line, Februarv 15, 1777, and became supernu- mei'arv, June 521, 1778. Bv his wife, Elizabeth, he had seven ehildi'en: William, Sallie, Polly, Juliet Ann, James, Alexander Power and John. His sons, James and Alexander P., and his grandson, William, son of James, were prominent in business and political life in Mercer county.
Samuel Waugh, son of Sanuiel, died at Hogestown, Cumberland county. Pa., January, 1807. He was pas- tor of Silvers^ Sprino- and Monao'han Presbyterian churches, 1782 1807. Mr. \\'augh was married April 14, 178-3, to Eliza Hoge, daughter of David Hoge, Es(j., of Hogestown. Among his children were Eliza (Mrs. Burd), and Samuel.
David Waugh, son of AN'illiam and Jane Waugh, was born in 1736. and died November 26, 1816. He was a tarmer in Hamiltonban township, Adams county, Pa. His wife, Jane, was born in 1746, and died August 17,
1816. Issue: William; , married John Kyle;
Mary, married Robert McJimsey; Margaret, married Zaccheus Patterson, and had a son David; Nancy, mar- i-ied James Kyle; John; Jane, married Rev. John Coul- ter; Sarah, married Rev. John Hutchison, and Aiuia, married John McCi'acken.
William Waugh, son of William and Jane Waugh, lived on the old Bard homestead, in *•' Carrol Ps Delight," which he received by deed from his father. He had a daughter Elizabeth, and a son ^V^illiam, John Waugh, son of William and Jane Waugh, was married to Susan Moffat; they had seven children: James, Samuel, William, John, Mary, Susan and Nancy. William AV^augh, son of David or of \Villiam Waugh,
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had, probably among other children, David Waugh, born in 1790, and died December 2, 1815; Jane Waugh, wife of John Harper, who died Febiaiary 21, 1819; and Amelia Waugh, died March 17, 1820.
Ill 1702, caveats were entered in the Land Office of l*ennsyh'ania against granting warrants for the lands in ''Carroll's Delight." The Carroll grant no longer had any validity except as an eqnity, but Rush's claim to the Waugh tnict seems to have given the sons of the other purcliasers some uneasi- ness, and AVilliam Lochery obtained a deed from Charles Carroll, December 14, 17(54; Amos McCiin- ley, December 'JO, 1770, and AVilliam AA^itlierow, June 12, 1771. These deeds are on record in Fred- erick county. Md. The deed to McGinley recites tliat — "Daniel Carroll, late of Duddington Manor, in Prince George's county, by his last will and testa- ment, dated April 12, 17'35. did release unto his sister INIary the right to part of ten tliousand acres of land lying at the mouth of INlonocace in Frederick county by which he was entitled to ludf of two tracts of land, one called Carroll's Delight and the otlier called Carrollsl)urg, each .5,000 acres; and did authorize Charles Carroll, party to these presents to sell his share or moiety; and whereas Charles Carroll is entitled to the other share or moiety, the said Charles Carroll for himself and by power under tlie will of Daniel Carroll luid for and in consideration of five pounds bargained and sold to said iVmos Mc- Ginley all the remaining part of the tract of land already by him sold called Carroll's Delight lying in Frederick countv. be the same more or less." This
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deed is signed Charles Carroll and is witnessed by Charles Carroll of Carlton and William Deard. Appended is a receipt for "forty shillings, sterling, as an alienation fine on the within mentioned land, quantity supposed to be 1,000 acres" by order of John Morton Jordan, Esq., his I^ordship's agent.
By a deed dated February 19, 1765, Archibald Baird (Beard) conveyed to Richard Baird his title to a tract of land containing 121 acres, known as the Mill Place, on Middle Creek, in Hamiltonban township, Adams county, then York, and 80 acres in "Carroll's Delight," adjoining the Mill Place, conditioned for his support during his life. The conveyance was to become void if Richard failed to fulfill its conditions. The deed, which is on record in the Recorder's office, in York county, contains this declaration : " 'I'he aforesaid bargain and sail according to its general and particular meaning to stand and remain as much in force and virtue in law as if it were worded most consistent with law by any council learned therein." In the body of the deed the names of Archibald and Richard are spelled Baird, but the signature is Archd. Beard. Archibald had previously, April 2, 1761, conveyed a part of his land in "Carroll's Delight" to liis son William, William executing a mortgage for the purchase money. Mention of this transaction is made in the conveyance from ^Vrchibald to Richard. Richard Bard sold the mill place to James Marshall, and William sold his land to Colonel Robert McPherson, for whom it was surveyed in 1765. This land M^as subsequently bought by Ebenezer Finley and the
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Rev. .loliii Mc'Kiiinht. l).l). Finlev was a son of AA'^illiaiii Fiiiley, and a iieplievv of the Rev, Samuel Finley. of Priiieeton. Dr. MeKiiight was pastor of Lower Marsli Creek Presl)yterian Cluireh, 17H.*}-81). and afterwards assoeiate pastor with the Rev. Dr. Rodders, of tiie Ignited Presbyterian eongrei>ation. of New York City. His farm was eultivated fo-r him by tlie members of his INlarsh Creek eongre^ation.
aVrehibald Beard's earhest warrant for iiis Middle Creek lands, outside of "Carrolfs Deli«>ht." was for 100 aeres. This tract was surveyed to liim January 18, 174-4. His holdinos under this and other warrants comprised an extensive j)lantation. A deed between Richard Baird, of Peters township, county of Cum- berland, and HuoJi Dun woody and Sanuiel Mooi', dated December 22, 1774, on record in York county, recites Archibald's warrant for 50 acres in the forks of Middle Creek, known l)v the name of Boly Place, bearin_i( date about 17<)2. })y \ irtue of which there was sur\'eyed and laid out to Richard Baird, by Archibald McClean, Deputy Surveyor, the quantity of 818 acres. This deed is signed Richard Bard.
Hamiltonban township, of which iVrchibald Beard was one of the pioneers, was an original township of York county, at its creation, in 1741). In the early records of the county its name is often written Ham- ilton's Bawn. It Vvas e\ idently named after Hamil- ton's Bawn, a village in the parish of Mullanhbrack. County ^ViMuatJ'h. Ireland, so-called from the bawn built in 1(>P.). by John Hamilton, to whom the district was (granted at the Plantation of Flster. John Hamilton, of the l^awn, was a son of Hans
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Hamilton, minister of Dunlop, in Ayrshire, Scotland, and a brother of James Hamilton, first \iscount Claneboy. Nearly allied with the Hamiltons of the Bawn was Captain Hance Hamilton, an early settler and prominent citizen of York county. Pa., and a distinguished soldier in the French and Indian ^^^ar. Captain Hamilton lived in that part of the original township of jNlenallen, York county, that is now Franklin township, Adams county, which adjoins the township of Hamiltonban. His influence, no doubt, was potent in the choice of the name. That Archi- bald Beard united with Captain Hamilton in giving the name of Hamilton's Bawn to the township in which he settled is likely from family affiliations if not because of actual kinship.
Archibald Beard also obtained a Proprietary war- rant, October 0, 1702, for a tract of land in what is now Quincy township, Franklin county. Pa. This land he conveyed to his son, William, November 20, 17(>1'. and \Villiam sold it to his brother Richard, December 21, 17(>7. The deeds, which are on record in Franklin county, are only noteworthy for the variations in the spelling, Archibald signing his name Beard and William signing his Baird. \Vhen llichard sold tlie land he signed the deed ''Richard Bard," which became the accepted spelling. This tract was afterward claimed by John Toms, who owned the site of Tomstown, but it was Anally acquired by Samuel Hughes and became part of the Mont Alto property. Its exact situation can be determined l)y the accompanying draft of a survey made for Samuel Hughes in 1810, Tlie original survey, according to
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the declarations of William Bard, was made for his father by Colonel John Armstrong*. It must have been among the surveys destroyed by fire in (^olonel Armstrong's office, in Carlisle.
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That another tract of land in the same locality, which Ricliard Bard sold to Daniel Hughes, brother of Samuel, and his partner, in the firm of D. *Sc S. Hughes, iNIont Alto, may not be confounded witli the Archibald Beard grant, the transaction is noticed in this place. This purchase was for land, the location of which had been lost. Bard consequently accepted from Hughes the following obligation:
I promise to pav Richard Beard or order the siiiii of Fifty pounds Current Monev of Pennsylvania on the Eleventh dav of Julv next — It l)ein<>- in full of a tract
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of land bought of him adjoining xVdani Cook ^ one Kneeper in Antrim township, Surveyed of a certain James Scot the 26th of May, 1 763 — containing 59 acres with allowance. Provided me nor my heirs do not see fit to relinquish the said purchase and reconvey the said tract of land unto the said Richard Beard or his Heirs in the same manner he conveyed it to me on or before the said eleventh day of July next. In witness whereof I have hereunto set me hand and seal this fourth day of September, 1794.
AVitness: Daniel Hughes.
Joseph Dlt.vlap.
Jas. Drxi.AP.
It is endorsed :
June 24, 1795. Its agreed by the parties that the exchange of the deed ^ payment mentioned in the within obligation shall extend over to the first of Sep- tember next in order that further search may be made to locate the land.
Rd. Bard.
Danl. Hl'ghes.
Archibald Beard, it may be assumed, spent the last years of liis hfe at the homestead of his son Richard in Peters township, Franklin county. Pa., and died there. The date of his birtli is imknown, and the year of his death would have been lost to his prosterity but for one of tliose fortuitous accidents that enter so largely into genealooical research. After Samuel Huohes purchased the Quincy land that liad belonged to three of the Bards he wrote to his lawyer, Thomas Hartley Crawford. Esq., then practicing his profession at Chambersbiu'g, directing the attorney
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to ])iit the Heard, Haird and Hard deeds on record. The letter was })reserved with tlie Hu<^"lies papers and returned to Samuel Hui>"hes. It was exhumed as a part of the ^enealooieal search for material for this history of the Hard family, when it was found to contain this endorsement, piesumahly in tlie hand- writino- of Judoe Crawford: ~" Archibald Hard, the i>"randfather of the .Iudi>e. died in February, 17(>5; the Judi>e was born in A])ril, 17()o." At the time this endorsement was penned ^Vrchibald Hard, orand- son of Archibald Heard, was an ^Vssociate Judge of Franklin county. It is the only record of the month and year of the death of the })ioneer that has come down to his posterity, and it is worthy of a place, side by side, ^vith Judge Hard\ genealogy of the family, written on tlie fly-leaf of an old liook: "iVrch- ibald Hard, which was tlie son of llicliard, which was the son of iVrchibald, which was the son of l)a\'id, whicli was the son of \\ ilham."
Mr. Heard was married in Ireland, if not at Coal Island, as the tradition of James Haird, of Cilenarm, has it, probably in southern I Ister, in the neighbor- hood of the Hlackwater. The name of his wife has not been ascertained but she may liaA e been a sister of iMartha Potter, wife of Captain John Pottei", the first shei'iff of Cumberland county. Fa. There is reason to believe that she died on "Carroll's Delight" before the conveyance of Holy Place and tlie Mill Place to Richard Hard. In that case, she was prob- ably buried in the graveyard of the ''Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church. " in what is now High- land township, xVdains county. Pa., but her great-
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grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren liave ap- parently no means of ascertaining the place of her sepulture, or of marking it for her posterity, after more than a century and a half of forgetfulness.
Issue :
1. Richard Bard, born February 8, 1736; died February, 1T99. (See Descendants of Richard Bard.)
2. William Bard, born June 7, 1738; died July 31, 1802. (See Descendants of William Bard.)
3. Bard, a daughter; she died in early girlhood.
4. David Bard, born in 1744; died March 12, 1815. (See Descendants of David Bard.)
The question of the relationship of the Bards and the Potters, which is very intricate, is reserved for the Pot- ter sketch, in Part III, "The Bard Kinship."''
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ilARD BARD, son of Arcliibald henrd, -.r ■^ ''■■ Bard, was bora Februan' 8, 17*>(i, nnd duvi I'Vbraaiy --, 1799. He 'smi:- reared on "Ciivroll's Oelight."' near Fairfield in York, now .\dams couit'!^-. Pa. On Mud Riai, tht main tributar}' of Midair- Creek, the elder ^ Hard built a inil], perluips tl^e t\r<'i ilvdt supplied tbe wants of the people of tiie Macd) Creek settlement In tliis early inili young Rieluird learned the trade of a nnller. and to the (hveilni^ iiouo,e on the Mill Place he look his youn;i( wile \ij li\'e soon after the:;' niarriagc. This pi'lniitivc nnll wiiich was built of logs, was buri^t by tlie indian^ '>\: 175S. It was afterward rebuilt, and was long knouTi as Marshialfs Mill, but it is iiow called \'irgi!n;! Mills, Tlte situation is a ronia!itie one. There, it; a eleft of tht- nioiintain at tho }»ase of Sugar I.oaf, y. child vsas born to the young couple and the)' ]h .■<'> in ('on>purative safety luttil April 18, ]T">8, ^^h '; their isonse was attacked by a part} of iii':v'ic;: Indians, There were in the hc^use at '' '■
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"O ICHARD ILVRD, son of Archibald Beard, or -'-^ Bard, was born February 8, 17'36, and died February 22, 1799. He was reared on "Carroll's Delight,' near Fairfield in York, now Adams county. Pa. On Mud Run, the main tributary of Middle Creek, the elder Bard built a mill, perhaps the first that supplied the wants of the people of the Marsh Creek settlement. In tliis early mill young Richard learned tlie trade of a miller, and to the dwelling house on the Mill Place he took his young wife to live soon after their marriage. This primitive mill, which was built of logs, was burnt by the Indians in 1758. It w^as afterward rebuilt, and was long known as Marslialfs Mill, but it is now called Virginia Mills. The situation is a romantic one. There, in a cleft of the mountain at the base of Sugar Loaf, a child was born to the young couple and they lived in comparative safety until April 18, 1758, when their house was attacked by a party of nineteen Indians. There were in the house at the time of attack, Mr. Bard, his wife and child; Thomas Potter, a cousin, who had come on a \ isit the evening before; Hannah McBride, a little girl, and Frederick Fer- rick, a bound boy. The savages were discovered by Hamiah McBride. who was at the door. The girl's warning came too late to enable Bard and Pottei" to
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prev^eiit a rush into the house. One Indian directed a blow at Potter with a cuthiss, but he wrested the weapon from his enemy's hand and attempted to strike down the savage with the cuthiss. The point struck the ceihng, which turned the sword so as to cut only the Indian's hand. In the meantime Bard seized a horseman's pistol, that hung on a nail, and snapped it at the breast of one of the Indians, but there was tow in the pan and it did not go off. See- ing the pistol the Indians ran out of the house. Dur- ing this scrinnnage an Indian at the door shot at Potter, but only woimded him in one of his little finger.
Althougii the door of the house was closed after the Indians ran out there was really no hope for the little garrison. The roof of the cottage was thatched, and could be easily fired. There was plenty of mill wood near at hand that could be piled against the house to put it in a blaze. The su])ply of powder and lead at hand was exceedingly meagre. The ninn- ber of Indians in the attacking party was so great as to make the contest a ^ ery unequal one. These con- ditions disposed tlie beleagured inmates to surrender on a promise that their lives should be spared. xVfter the surrender the house was pillaged and the mill burned. Two men, Sanuiel Hunter and Daniel Mc- JNIanimy, who were working in a held nearby, and a lad, William AVhite, who was on his way to the mill, were added to the party of captives.
The Indians that captured the Bard family were Delawares — sa\ ages of the most degraded type. For many years they had been held in subjection by the
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Iroquois, by whom they were spurned as women. It was only two years before that they had dared to remove the petticoat and dechu-e themselves men. They were as treacherous as they were cruel, and all tlie more bloodthirsty because they had been so long debarred from killing. In the murder of their pris- oners they were, perhaps, not different from other Indians, but the killing of infants before the eyes of their mothers seems to have been a special attribute of Delaware ferocity. The war parties that desolated tlie Conococheague ^"alley were especially addicted to the practice, and the band of savages that pushed across the Blue Ridge and captured the Bard family comprised some of tlie most debased warriors of a debased nation. In spite of their promises to tlieir captives they had gone only a short distance from tlie dismantled house and burning mill when they killed Thomas Potter. The place where Potter was murdered is still pointed out by people living in the neighborhood. A large tree, surrounded by other giants of the forest, marks the spot. A great change lias been wrought in the landscape since that fatal morning a century and a half ago. According to tradition a copse of young trees grew where now only one remains to spread its branches over the ground made sacred by savage ferocity. And the hand of civilized man has added its touch of utilita- rian sacrilege to the scene. Between the site of the house from which the captives were led and the copse where Potter was tomahawked and scalped there are now the broken walls of part of an aban- doned viaduct of the old "Tape \\'orm" railroad.
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Beyond the Memorial Tree, which may fall any day from the blows of the woodman's axe, are a rude foot bridge and traces of a straggling rail fence. Only the Sugar Loaf can be expected to remain from age to age to testify to the pathetic truth of the description contained in two stanzas of a quaint ballad, written by Richard Bard and preserved by his descendants :
Not far, liowever, did we go
Ere came we to a hill. Where they our cousin Potter's blood
Inhumanly did spill.
Tliose hardened savages did act As though they did no wrong.
And in his head a tomahawk left. And brought his scalp along.
On the South mountain, three or four miles from the mill, one of the Indians sunk the spear of a tom- ahawk in the child's breast, and, after repeated blows, scalped it. In Richard Bard's ballad is this descrip- tion of the inhuman murder of the infant :
Out of mv arms my child thev took,
As we along did go. And to the helpless babe thev did
Their cruel malice show.
Both head and heart the tomahawk pierced,
In order him to slay, And then they ro})bed him of his clothes.
And brought his scalp away.
Heckewelder relates a similar incident of the French and Indian War as having occurred on the
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Conococlieague, in wliicli Glikhickan, a famous Del- aware chief, was the murderer. This man was emi- nent as a warrior and a counsellor, and as an orator lie was never surpassed amon^ the Indians. Among the captives of one of his war parties was a woman named Rachel Abbott, with a sucking babe at her breast. Annoyed by the incessant crying of the child, Glikhickan simk his tomahawk into the innocent creature, while tlie mother, in an agony of grief and with her face suffused with tears, vainly begged tliat its life miglit be spared. Tliis wretch afterward be- came a model Christian Indian, and Heckewelder re- lates, witli Moravian simphcity, that the woman "was kindly treated and adopted, and some years afterward married to a Delaware chief of respectability, by whom she had several children, who are now living witli tlie Clu'istian Indians in Upper Canada."
Tlie Indians who made the foray upon Bard's mil], witli tlieir prisoners, moved over tlie South Mountain and passed through the Mont Alto Gap into the Cumberland A'alley. The jomiiey is a toil- some one even now. Some of the gorges are still almost impenetrable. Many of the declivities retain the wild grandeur of 1758. For the men among the captives the tramp from Bard's mill to Mont Alto must have been painful, bringing them hungry, foot- sore and weary to the broad valley that they were yet to tra\ erse before they could obtain a few hours of such repose as Indian warriors vouchsafed to their prisoners. For Mrs. Bard, stricken with a mother's grief over the death of lier child at the hands of the most inhuman of men, the tortures of these first few
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hours must have been such as few women liave ever endured, either before or since. What was to follow makes her one of the heroines of history.
After leaving INfont Alto the course of the sa\'- ages northward bore toward the east. They passed near the head of the Falling Spring and crossed the Conococheague below Scotland. The reasons for detour are apparent. Fort F^oudon was occupied by a strong garrison, commanding both the Gap above Mercersburg and the entrance into Path A'^alley. The people of the Antietam and the East Conoco- cheague below Chambersburg were alert, and they woidd quickly ha\ e carried word of the presence of Indians to the fort. Fort Chambers was in the direct line of march of the returning foe, but the knowledge of Colonel Chambers' famous swivels had inspired a healthy fear among the saAages. Under the circum- stances the farthest way roimd was the nearest way home for the marauders. In their eagerness to reach the Kittochtinny Mountains before night they were not disposed to risk a battle. Kven the time neces- sary to make captives was inopportune that day. This is shown in the experience of Albert Torrence. Torrence lived near the bend of the Conococheague, northwest of the ^ illage of Scotland and southeast of Greenvillage. The Indians, with their captives, passed his house after crossing the creek. Seeing him out they shot at him without effect, but refrained from pursuing him or attacking his house. Judge Bard, in his "Narrative of the Capti\'ity of Richard
Bard," s{)eaks of him as Halbert T. . There
can be no doubt of his identity, however, as his plan-
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tation on the Conococlieagiie was on the hne of march chosen by the savages at the place where it is certain that tliey crossed the stream. He died in 1770. An ilhistration of Judge Bard's pecidiar spell- ing is found in its application to his son Albert, 1st lieutenant of Captain John Ilea's company, 8th bat- talion, Cumberland County Associators, who is called Halbert Torrence in the ''l*ennsylvania xVrchives," as well as Albert.
It is not likely that the march of the Indians from the crossing of tlie Conococheague at Torrence's was in a direct line to old Fort McCord, where they arrived late in the evening. There was a road at the time, since known as the "Old Loudon Koad," that could have been utilized for the greater part of the distance, but this road was the main highway for travel westward and to Fort Chambers and the Poto- mac. In spite of these apparent dangers, the Indians and their weary prisoners probably passed over it, turn- ing from it to enter the Gap above McCord's Fort.
Fort McCord was situated near Bossert's Mill, in Hamilton township, Franklin county, on land now owned by 'Squire Bossert. Its exact site was six rods south of Mr. Bossert's barn, and three or foiu" rods east from tlie public road leading from Upper Strasburg to St. Thomas. It was a private fort built in 1755 5(), by William McCord, who was a settler on the Bossert land before 1745. It was built of heavy timl)er sunk deeply into the ground, but it was already in ruins when Richard Bard and his wife were conducted past it on that ^Vpril e\'ening in 1758. In spite of its strength it was captured and
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burnt by the Indians, April 4, 1750, and all its inmates, twenty-seven in number, were killed and scalped. At that time Dr. Jamison, surgeon of Col- onel John Armstrong's battalion, was murdered in the fort or its neighborhood. Three parties went in pursuit of these Indians, one of which, under Captain Alexander Culbertson, overtook them at Sideling Hill and was disastrously routed. Captain Culbertson being among tlie killed.
The gap above Bossert's, now known as Yankee Gap, had been the objective point of the all day tramp over the South iVIountain from Bard's ]\Iill, and across the Cumberland Yalley. For a first day's march the distance was very great. As the bird flies, it was fully thirty, and by the detour, scarcely fewer than forty miles. By a fire in the mountains, which their captors accorded them at their first encamp- ment, the weary and famished captives could not fail to sleep the sleep of exhaustion. To a day of horrors and pain were added other sufferings and horrors, especially for the Bards, husband and wife, that only the ingenuity of savagery could devise. Richard Bard in his ballad thus describes the first night of the captivity:
But fortv miles now liaving gone,
This day is at an end ; They halt, and here to stay this night
Is what they do intend.
And here, the fire and lis between,
Our infant's scalp they place; Thinking that while we viewed the same,
Our sorrows would increase.
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The prisoners were bound for the niglit, but with tlie dawn of the following morning they were unbound and again started on their painful journey. Tliey passed through Yankee (iap into Bear A'alley ; from there into upper Horse \^alley, and across the second mountain into Path Valley. Even at this day this part of the Kittochtinny range is exceedingly rugged and almost inaccessible. Bear ^"alley has always been especially forbidding. In 1850, it was visited by "Pilgrim" of one of the Chambersburg papers. " AVhat a dismal place this Bear Valley is," he wrote. "The sun is ashamed to show his hand- some face in some parts of it. It seems fitted for nothing I know of but the raising of night owls for Wliig processions." AVliat must it liave been like in April, 1758!
Patli \"alley must liave been crossed in the neigh- borliood of Carrick. A beautiful valley it is when clotlied with verdure, but even now it is toilsome enough if crossed on foot. Here a new danger con- fronted tlic captives. The Indians discovered they were pursued and hurried to the top of the Tuscarora Mountain, threatening to tomaliawk tlieir prisoners if attacked. On the top of the mountain they stopped to rest. Bard and Hunter sat down side by side. \\^itIiout any previous warning an Indian sunk a tomahawk into Hunter's head, and after repeated blows killed and scalped him. Tliis was the third murder after the capture.
Tlie party did not tarry long on the Tuscarora Mountain after tlie murder of Hunter, and that night encamped a few miles north of Sideling Hill. All
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day the line of travel was a pathless one, oxer rugged mountains and dismal valleys, thick with under- growth and coursed by cold and turbid streams that had to be waded. The only contemporary account of the sufferings of the captives that day is contained in three stanzas from Kicliard Bard's ballad :
By reason of the rii<><i;e(l road
Our raiment it all tore. And down our legs the blood doth run,
l^nfelt the hke before.
Whilst on the dismal road I think.
With wondering filled am I, How it could be that mv j)ot)r wife
Could cross those mountains high.
For I myself did almost faint
Under their cruel hands; But it was God that strengthened us.
Against their hard commands.
This course was a necessity to the Indians. As has already been shown they could not reach the old Ivittanning trail by way of the I^oudon and Cowan's gaps. They were debarred from the entrance to these by the fort at the base of Mt. Parnell. Through them ran the road that had been cut along Sideling Hill for Braddock's use in 1755. The road itself, even after it was within reach, was impracticable because parties from the garrison at Fort Loudon were not mdikely to be encountered at any moment. It was, therefore, necessary to keep north of the New Road, but not so far north as to be reported to
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parties from the garrisons at Fort I..yttleton or Fort Shirley that might chance to be patrolhng the old Indian path. Tiius the encampment of the second night was at a place of comparati^ e safety.
The march of the third day was over the moun- tains and through the valleys near the present boundary line between Huntingdon and Bedford counties, and across tlie rich \'alley, drained by the Raystown brancli of tlie Juniata into Blair's Ciap. This day half of Bard's face was painted red, showing that a council liad been held and that his captors were equally divided on the question of putting him to death. Up to tliis day the Indians were only bent upon killing. It is a sign of the softening influence of safety even upon the minds of savages that now that the forts of the Juniata were behind them and Fort Bedford far to the south of them some of Richard Bard's captors were willing to spare his life.
On the fourth and fifth days the march westward was over tlie AUeghenies. Mr. Bard, in his ballad, left a graphic, if liomely, picture of the Indian war- halloo in the Allegheny liills, on the fourth day.
As ue Hsceiid this lofty hill.
No wonder we're amazed To hear the awful sound that's inade
When war-halloos were raised.
For every sealp and prisoner gained,
A loud halloo they make : As if it were their ••Teat deliy-ht
A human life to take.
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That night a snow fell and as the prisoners were not permitted to approach the fire as they lay on tlie mountains, their condition made it a night of great distress. The dawn brought no surcease of suffering :
When in the morning we arise,
"March on" by them we're told;
But this to us is misery great, Oiu" feet being sore and cold.
On the fifth day Stoney Creek, in the Alleghenies, was reached. AVliile crossing the creek. Bard's hat, which had been appropriated by the savage that had him in charge, was blown from the Indian's head, and the Indian went some distance down stream to recover it. AVlien he returned Bard was across tlie stream. This incensed the Indian, who at once l)egan to beat his prisoner with his gun, iiearly disabling Bard from traveling any farther. He was, besides, guilty of anotlier offense, tlie story of wliich he relates in liis ballad:
At Laurel Hill we found a creek Both high and swift the stream,
So by the hand I took my wife, To help her o'er the same.
But for this love I showed to her
At me they're in a rage. And nothing else but me to beat.
Their anger can assuage.
So great the strokes the cruel foes
Have given to me here, That for ten days the bruises do
Exceeding plain appear.
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The load to carrv whicli they here
Did give to me this day, I ail account will minute down.
From truth I will not strav.
'J'wo bear skins, very large indeed,
x\nd one bed (]uilt also. Two blankets and six pounds of meat,
All on my l)ack must go.
Beciiuse of liis disabled condition and almost cer- tain death in the near future, Bard then deterniined to try to make his escape at the first opportunity. Mrs. Bard had been kept separated from her hus- l)and durino- the wliole of the five days' journey. That evening, however, they were permitted to assist each other in plucking a turkey. This afforded him a chance to connnunicate his design to his wife, and as it turned out she was able to assist him in getting away unobserved. A favorite divertisement of the Indians in camp was to dress some of their number in the clothes of their female captives. On this evening one of the captors was amusing the others by dressing himself in Mrs. Bard's gown. While this amusement was in ])rogress, Mr. Bard was sent to the spring near the encampment for water. Just as he reached the spring Mrs. Bard began to take part in the fun and succeeded in concentrating the attention of the Indians upon the gown so completely that they forgot all about their prisoner. These precious moments were utilized by Richard Bard in getting into the bush. Presently a cry wjis raised from another fire -"Your man is gone." A rush was
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made for the spring, mid one of the Indians, picking up tlie can in which Bard was to have brought the water, cried out — ''Here is the quart, but no man." A search for the escaped prisoner was at once be- gun, but although it w^as continued for two days it was unsuccessful.
The spring from which Kichard Bard escaped is still pointed out on tlie farm of John McGee, about a mile west of Homer City, in Indiana county.
When the fruitless search for Bard was abandoned the Indians resumed the march with their prisoners. They went down tlie Stoney creek to the Allegheny river, and thence to Fort Duquesne. They remained at the fort only one night, and then went to an In- dian town about twenty miles down the Ohio, where Mrs. Bard was se^'erely beaten by the squaws. From this place tliey took tlieir prisoners to "Cususkev," — Kaskaskunk, on the Beaver. This was GYik- hickan's town. Here JMciManimy was put to death after being horribly tortured. The two boys and the ffirl, Hannah ^NlcBride, were detained here, but Mrs. Bard was sent to another town to become an adopted relation in an Indian family, and never saw them again until they were liberated. In every town she entered, ^Irs. Bard was unmercifully beaten by the squaws, and even after she was taken into tlie council house two Indian women entered and struck her. It was contrary to usage to strike a prisoner in the council-house and the warriors were angered at these acts of the squaws.
After the women had been rebuked for their dis- orderly conduct, a chief took Mrs. Bard by the hand
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and delivered lier to tvv^o men to take the place of a deceased sister. She had not been with her new relations a month when they determined to go to the head waters of the Susquehanna. This was a painful journey for a woman in her condition. She had not yet recovered from the fatigue of the long march over the mountains that followed the capture, and was still suffering from the extraordinary strain to whicli she had been sul)iected. Her feet were sore and her limbs swollen. Fortunately, for her. one of her adopted brothers gave her a horse, which enabled her to make the start with coniparati\ e comfort ; but. one of the pack-horses dying, she was compelled to surrender hers to supply its place. I^pon arriving at her destination, after having traveled, in all, about 500 miles, she was o\'ercome by a severe fit of sick- ness, the residt of fatioue, and cold and huno'er. For two months she lay ill without nuicli prospect of recovery. She had no companion in whom she could confide, or who could sympathize with her in her distresses. The cold earth in a miserable cabin was her bed. ^V blanket was her only covering. Her only food was boiled corn. She thought herself on the verge of dissolution ; but in spite of discourage- ment and sufferin"" she recovered, and be"an to look forward with hope and longing to her rescue from captivity.
Soon after her recovery she met a captiAC woman, whom she had previously known, who, like Rachel Abbott, had an Indian husband and had borne him a child. From this woman she learned that as soon as their captive women learned to speak the Indian
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tongue they were obliged to accept an Indian hus- band, with deatli as the only alternati\T. This in- formation determined Mrs. Bard never to learn the language of the Delawares, and she persisted in her resolution during the entire period that she remained a captive.
Richard Bard, after his escape, managed to elude his pursuers by concealing himself in a hollow log. The tradition is that his place of concealment was Mclvonkey's cliff, at the bridge below Homer. When the Indians, who were in search of him, had gone by and were out of hearing, he resumed his flight in a different direction. His situation was per- ilous, and because of his condition he made his way with great difficulty. Soon after beginning his return he came to a mountain overgrown with laurel and covered with snow. He was almost exhausted. He was without food, except a few buds, plucked from the trees as he Avent along. His shoes were worn out, The country was very rough, and in many places the groimd was coAcred with poisonous briars which lacerated his feet and poisoned the wounds. His feet and legs became swollen, and in his weak condition, impeded as he was by the snow which lodged on the leaves of the laurel, he was rendered unable to walk and was compelled to creep on his hands and knees imder the branches. Besides, he feared that the In- dians might still be in piu'suit of him, and would be able to find his tracks in the snow. In spite of the danger of discovery, it became imperative that he should lie by until his feet healed sufficiently to enable him to walk. On the fifth day after his escape,
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as he was creeping about on liis hands and knees in search of buds and herbs to appease his hunger, he found a rattlesnake, which he killed and ate raw. In the ballad quoted above he gave a description of these five days of starvation and suffering in the wilderness :
Though Flu not able now to walk,
I creep upon mv knees: To gather her})s that I may eat.
My stomach to appease.
A rattlesnake, both Hesli and bone.
All but the head I eat; And though "'twas raw, it seemed to me Exceeding ])leasant meat.
By using u thorn as a needle. Bard was able to puncture the festering wounds in his feet and tluis allay the swelling. Then, tearing up his breeches, he bound up his feet as well as he could, and in this forlorn condition he resumed his journey, limping along with great pain. He had no alternative except to die where he was. His condition at this time is illustrated by a delusion that was the result of the excitable state of his nerves. Soon after resuming his journey he was startled by the sound of a drum. He called as loud as he could but there was no answer. His imagination had played him a trick.
Just before dark on the evening of the eighth day after his escape Mr. Bard came to the Juniata. His only way of crossing the stream was by wading it, which, because of his lameness, was accomplished with great difficulty. The night was cold and \ ery
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dark. His clotlies were wet. In liis benumbed con- dition he was afraid to lie down lest he should perish. \\ earied and lame as he was he determined to pur- sue his journey, but during the night he was attracted by the sight of a fire, apparently abandoned the day before, probably by a party of settlers who were in pursuit of the savages. Here he remained luitil morning, when he discovered a path leading in the direction of the settlements. Besides a few buds and berries his food up to this time had consisted only of rattlesnakes, of which altogether, he had killed and eaten four. Although he had found the first one "' exceeding pleasant meat."' one is tempted to believe that this unusual diet was beginning to pall upon him. But fortunately, he was nearing the end of his join*ney. He was destined, however, to undergo one more alarm before he reached a place of safety. At a turn in the path, in the afternoon, he suddenly found himself face to face with three Indians. They proved to be friendly, and conducted him to Fort Lyttleton. which he reached on the ninth day after his escape. These Indians were Cherokees, who had come from \ irginia to assist in the defense of the frontier of Pennsylvania and Maryland.
In April, 1758, forty of these Indians arrived at Fort Loudon barefooted, without match-coats and without arms. Colonel Armstrong wrote to (xover- nor Denny, calling attention to their destitution and asking that the Provincial Council provide for them. The Governor applied to Sir John St. Clair, liis Majesty's quartermaster general, to order the needed arms and match-coats, and a little leather to make
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moccasins, but Sir Joliii aiisMcred curtly that the Assembly and people of this province liad such sin- gular and uiu'casonable notions of Indians, particu- larly the Cherokees. that he would lun e nothing to do with the matter. (Tovernor Denny then sent a message to the .Assembly asking to be enabled to supply the needs of tlie Indians. Whether the Chero- kees went away saying. "AVe came to you naked, and you clotlied us not." is not set down in liistorv, but it is certain tliat three of the party succored Ki chard Bard.
At Fort Lyttleton. Baid was among friends. He remained at the fort until he had sufficiently recov- ered from the fatigue and exposure of his captivity and escape to be able to resume his journey, but after his I'cturn he was reported in the contemporary newspapers as ill at his liome near his father's on Marsh Creek.
"Richard Beard." (George Stevenson, Esq., of York, wrote to Secretary Peters, May 7, 1758, "w^ho was captivated last month from Marsh Creek is returned, having made his escape some where about the Allegheny Hills. He was not got so far as his fathers, near Marsh Creek, last Thursday evening ; he had been so much beat and abused by Tedyis- cung's friend Indians that his life is dispaired of, some of them told him they had l)een lately at Philada.. that they would treat with the English as long as they could get presents, and scalp and cap- tivate as long as the French would reward 'em for 'em? that they loved their white brethren so well that they wanted a few of em to hoe corn for them, etc., etc.
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"I have sent up to have his examination taken, or to have him brought down to Sir John, on Thursday, if it be possible. "
On the 12th of May, 1758, Mr. Bard made an affidavit before Mr. Stevenson, in which he told the story of the abduction and murders. The affidavit was as follows :
RICHARD BAIRD'S DEPOSITION, n:>H
York Coixtv, ss.
The Affinnatioii of Richard Beard, of Haniilton''s Bane Township, ao-ed twenty-two years, who saith, that his Habitation being at tlie Foot of the South Mountain, on the Southeast side thereof, on Thursday, the thij-- teenth day of April last, about 7 o'clock in the morning. He, this Deponent, was in his house with Katharine his Wife, John his child, about seven months old, Thomas Potter, son of the late Captain John Potter, Esq., Deceased, Frederick Ferrick, his Servant, about fourteen Years of age, Hannah McBride, aged about Eleven Years, AVilliam White, about nine Years old; in his Field were Samuel Hunter and Daniel McMenomyi Labourers, when a party consisting of nineteen Indians, came and Captivated Samuel Hunter and Daniel McMenomy in the Field, and afterwards came to the dwelling house of this Deponent, and about six of them suddenly rushed into the house, and were immediately driven out by this Deponent and Thomas Potter; the Door of the house was thrown down by our pressing to keep the Indians out, and their pressing to come in, they shot in the house at us, and shot away Thomas Potter's little finger. AVe then had time to know their Numbers, and in a little time surrendered, on the prom- ise of the Indians not to kill any of us, they tied us &
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took us about Sixty Rods up the Mountain, where their Match Coats lay, for they were naked except the Britch Clouts, Legins, Mocasins and Caps; then they brought the two men that had been at Work in the Field, and in about half an hour, they ordered us to March, seting me foremost of the Prisoners. AVe marched one after another at some Distance ; at about seven miles they kiird my Child, which I discovered by seeing its Scalp, about twelve o'clock I saw another Scalp, which I knew to be Thomas Potters. I ha\e since been informed that they killed him at the Place where their Match Coats lay. Fryday, the 14th, about twelve oVlock, they mur- dered Samuel Hunter on the North Mountain, they drove us over the Allegheny Mountain a day and an half, and on Monday Night about ten oVIock, I escape'd, they having sent me several Times about three Rods from the fire to bring Water. In nine Nights and Davs I got to Fort Lyttleton, having had no food other than four snakes, which I kilPd and eat, and some Buds and Roots, and the like; three Cherokee Indians found me about two miles from Fort Lyttleton, cut me a Staff', and Piloted me to the Fort.
In conversation with the Indians during my Captivity, they informed me that they were all Delawares, for they mostly all Spake English, one spake as good English as I can. The Captain said he had been at Philadelphia last Winter, and another said he had been at Phila- delphia about a year ago; I ask\l them if they were not going to make Peace with the English? The Captain answered, and said they were talking about it when he was in Philadelphia last AVinter, but he went away and
left them. ,^ „
Richard Baird.
Affirmed »S: Subscribed at York,
the 12th May, 1758,
Col. George Stevexsox.
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A\ itii his wife in captivity Richard Bard could not remain quietly at his home, but devoted most of his time to long and dangerous journeys in quest of information concerning her. In the autumn of 1758, after the capture of Fort Duquesne l)y tlie expedition imder General Forbes, lie went to Fort Pitt, as the fortress was called after its capture, and he was there at the time of Forbes' endeavors to make a treaty with the neighboring Indians/ In tlie Indian encamp- ment, on the opposite side of the river, was a numl)er of the Delaw^ires who liad been concerned in his cap- ture. To these he made himself known, but they pre- tended not to remember him. They finally admitted, however, that they were among liis captors. Tliey said they knew nothing of his wife, but promised to give him some information upon his return the next day. Bard was followed to the fort by a yoimg man, who had been taken by the Indians when a cliild, by wliom he was advised not to return to tlie camp, as his cap- tors had determined to kill him for making his escape if he returned. He took the hint and did not go back.
' In his "Narrative of the Captivity of Richard Bard," Judge Bard says .- "Some time after my father's return home, he went to fort Pitt, whic-h was then in the hands of the EngHsh, and a mmiber of Indians being on the opposite side of the river, about to form a treaty, he one evening went over, to make inquiry concerning my mother." General Forbes, writing to Gov- ernor Denny immediately after the occupation of Fort Duquesne, said: "As the conquest of this country is of the greatest consequence to the adjacent provinces, by securing the Indians our real friends for their own advantage, I have therefore sent for their head people to come to me, when I think, in few words and in few days to make everything easy." At the same time. Colonel Bouquet, writing to Chief Justice William Allen in regard to the boasts of the F'rench commandant, who had retired to Venango, said : "We would soon make him shift his quarters, had we only provisions, but we are scarcely able to maintain ourselves here a few days to treat with the neigh- boring Indians, who are summoned to meet us."
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At a later period Mr. Bard made a second journey to Fort Pitt, going with a convoy of wagons as far as Fort Bedford. There lie induced tlie commanding officer to secure the consent of the famous Captain AVhite Eyes to accompany liim to Pittsburg. AMiite Eyes subsequently was the steadfast friend of the ]Moravian missionaries, but his treatment of Bard shows that at this time he was a wily and treacherous savage. He consented readily enough to conduct Mr. Bard to Fort Pitt, but the party had gone only a few miles when one of the Indians turned off' the road and brought in a scalp that had been taken that morning from the head of one of the wagoners. Farther on some of the Indians again turned off the road and brought in a number of horses and a keg of whiskey. The Indians then began to drink, and some of them became ^ ery drunk. The "first war captain of the Dela wares," as Loskiel calls White Eyes, was soon under the influence of the liquor, and the natural ferocity of the savage became predominant. He told Bard that as he had before escaped from his Delaware captors he would shoot him then, and raised his gun to take aim. Bard stepped behind a tree, and kept step})ing around it while AMiite Eyes followed. This afforded much amusement to the Indians until a young man twisted the gun out of the chief's hands and hid it under a log. AMiite Eyes then attacked Bard with a large stick, "ivin"" him a blow on the arm that blackened it for weeks. Dur- ing the attack, an Indian belonging to another nation, who had been sent on an exj)ress to Bedford, came l)y. VMiite Eyes asked him for his gun to shoot Bard,
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but the Indian refused, as the kiUing would bring on another war. These experiences determined Bard to make his escape from his escort, and mounting his liorse he took to tlie road, expecting every minute to receive a ball in the back. Fearing pursuit he rode as fast as his horse could go, and after traveling all night got to Pittsbm-g in tlie morning.
Captain AA'^hite Eyes w^as of the Turtle tribe of tlie Delawares. and was placed at tlie head of his nation. During tlie early years of the Revolution he was the consistent friend of the Americans. In this lie was opposed by his rival, Captain Pipe, who was of the AVolf tribe. Pipe was eager to take up the hatchet on the western frontier of Pennsylvania, but White F^yes successfully thwarted his designs until 1778, when the friendly chief accompanied General Mcintosh's army to Tuscorawas, and taking the smallpox, died. After that Captain Pipe's policy had ascendancy over the Delawares, except with the Moravian Indians. Upon his death, I'ipe declared that the Great Spirit had probably put A\'^liite Eyes out of the way that his nation might be saved. In the end the contrary of this proved to be true. After many years of bitter, and often successful, warfare against the whites, the Delawares w^ere almost com- pletely annihilated by '"JNIad" Anthony Wayne. The remnant afterward shared in the overthrow of the Prophet, by CTcneral Harrison, at Tippecanoe. In 1818, the Delawares ceded all their land in the State of Indiana to the United States and went west of the Mississippi. Later they become incorporated w^itli the Cherokee Nation, in Texas and the Indian
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territory. In 1908, a great-grandson of \\^hite Eyes was in Washington with a Delegation of the Del- awares that was seeking compensation for infraction of tlieir rights in Cherokee huids, wliere he secin'cd the friendly interest of Senator Bard, of California, great-grandson of Richard Bard.
At Pittsbiu'g JMr. Bard found an opportunity to write to his wife tliat if her adopted friends would bring her in he would give them forty pounds. To this letter he received no answer, and after an un- successful attempt to induce an Indian to steal her away for a reward, he determined to undertake the dangerous mission himself and to bring her at all hazards. He accordingly went to Shamokin (Sim- bury), on the Susquehanna, and thence to the Big Cherry Trees, wliere he started along an Indian path that he knew led to the place of his wife's abode. He had not gone far when he met a party of Indians who were bringing her in. Bard told the Indians he would pay the forty pounds he had promised by letter when they reached Simbury, but they were suspicious, and said that if he got them among the whites he would refuse to pay them. To allay their suspicions he told them to keep him as a hostage, while they sent JNIrs. Bard into the town with an order for the money. This put the savages into a good humor, and they consented to enter the town with Bard and his wife, where the ransom was paid, and she was released after a captivity of two years and five months.
An interesting relic of Mrs. Bard's captivity is still in existence. It is a great horn spoon, made for
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her use by one of her Indian '"brothers,' and used by her during her stay witli tlie Delawares. \Vhen Mrs. Bard died this spoon came into the possession of her vountJ'est dauohter, IMartha, from whom it descended as an lieirloom to lier daughter, Catharine A\'^ilson, and from Catharine \\^ilson to her daughter, Rachel McMean. It is now in the possession of Miss McMean, who hves at Blue Ash, Oliio. This inter- esting rehc was made of bhick liorn, with a handle elaborately car\ed at the top. The handle measures se\ en and three-fourths inches to the bowl, and ex- tends one and three-eighths inches on the bowl's bottom. The bottom of tlie bowl is lour and one-half inches in length on tiie outside, and across the top its length is four and one-eiglitli inches. It is two inches in width across the to[). The bowl is a little o\ er half an inch in depth. It has a large hook car\ ed out of the horn at the head of the liandle, by which its owner was accustomed to hang it on the kettle when not in use. This hook is car- ried one and three-quarters inches towards the bowl. The carving of tlie handle below the hook is grace- ful in outline and considering the rude tools with which it was done, artistic in execution. It consists of three headings, with two interspaces gracefully
Mrs. Bard's Indian Spoon. CUrVcd. A\'ords are Iiot Suffi-
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cieiitly expressixe to convey a picture of tlie handi- work to the iiiiiul, and so an appeal nuist })e made tlu'ou^h the eye by means of the accompanyint>" ilhistration. From the beading the handle gradually slopes from two and an eighth to one and an eighth inches at the bowl, where it is slightly flattened, the bowl extending an inch upward from the j)lace of joint contact with the handle. Kxperts declare that the spoon is the largest and the handle the longest e\'er exhibited in this country.
^After tlie return of his wife from capti\'ity Rich- ard Bard purchased a plantation near what is now the village of \\'^illiamson, on the Kast Concocheague, where he was \ isited by one of Mrs. Bard's brothers by Indian adoption, to whom he had given an invita- tion when he was at Sunbury to secure her release. One day the Indian went to a tavern, known as IMcCormack's, where he became slightly intoxicated. AN'^hile in this condition one of the notorious Nugent brothers, of the family of the Conococheague out- laws, attempted to cut his throat. Xugeiit struck a knife into the Indian's neck, but partly missed his aim, and only succeeded in cutting the forepart of the windpipe. The Indian was cared for at INIr. Bard's house until he recovered, but he was afterward put to death by his tribe on the pretense that he had joined the white people.
WJien Richard Bard actually settled in what is now Franklin county is not clear. In the deed of ^Vrchibald Bard, dated February 11), 17()5, con\ eying the Mill Place, on Middle Creek, and the tract in
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"Carroll's Delight" to Richard he is designated as still belonging to York county. The deed for the Quincy township tract, dated December 21, 1767, is from ^Villiam Bard, of Cumberland county, to Richard Bard, of York county. But in the narrati\'e of Archibald Bard, son of Richard, it is assumed that he was already living on the Conococheague, in 1764. During Pontiac's war, it is said, Mr. Bard removed his family to the house of his father-in-law, Thomas Poe, for greater security. One day he returned to " his own place, about three miles distant," to make hay, taking only a black girl with him. AVhile at work his suspicions were aroused by the furious bark- ing of his dog and the attention that the animal gave to a clump of bushes nearby. Telling the girl that Indians w^ere near he directed her to run to the house, and taking up his gun he followed her. About an hour later, looking from the window of his loft, he saw Captain James Potter and liis company pass in pursuit of the savages, w^lio that morning had killed Enoch Brown, the schoolmaster, and the school cliildren at Brown's school.
During the Revolution Mr. Bard served in Cap- tain Joseph Culbertson's marching company under the call of July 28, 1777, in the campaign around Philadelphia, and afterward in tlie ranging company of Captain Walter McKinnie on the western frontier. Captain Culbertson's company marched with Colonel Arthur Buchanan's battalion of the fifth class, Cum- berland County militia. No particulars have been obtained of JNIr. Bard's service on the frontier. His enrollment was with the company of Captain ^Vil-
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liam Smith, afterward Captain AValter JMcKinnie, Ciiniberland County Associators.
Richard Bard never held any pohtical office except tliat of Justice of the Peace for Peters town- ship, at the time when the justices were judges of the county courts. His commission was dated March 15, 1786. He was, however, a member of the Pennsyl- vania Convention of 1787, to which the Constitution framed by the Federal Convention was submitted. He was an anti-Federalist and refused to sign the ratification. Subsequently he was a delegate to the Harrisburg Convention of 1788, in opposition to the Federal Constitution. Mr. Bard's colleague in the Convention of 1787 was Colonel John Allison, who was an ardent Federalist, and seconded the motion to ratify, made by Thomas McKean. His opposition to the Federal Constitution, before and after its ratifica- tion, had a disastrous effect upon JNIr. Bard's political fortunes. He was sometimes ^ irulently assailed in the "P^ranklin Repository," the Federalist organ in the county, during the next ten years, an echo of which comes back to us through the following com- munication, published in the "Farmers' Register," the first Republican paper printed in the county:
FOR THE RKGISTKR MEfssifs. SxowDKX ik McCokcle: —
Please give the follow ing a place in the '• Fanners Register." R. R.
MR. ROBERT HARPER
In the "Franklin Repository" of the 15th instant you have published a piece expressive of much anger and
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hostile scorn towards me. I am not conscious of havin*;- (lone anything whatever that might, with any degree of propriety, be considered a palhative for your conduct. But had you not accused me of "lying,'' there is noth- ing contained in your puerile observations, in your dis- dainful snickers, and hideous laughs to challenge my attention or attr.act my notice. Now, even though you had some reason to suspect that my carriage or deport- ment towards you was, in some instances, exceptionable ought you not to have re(|uired some explanations from me, before you had effected to bristle up, and represent me in your newspaper as a lyar.'' I deny, however, that the accusation that you have with so nnich publicity and temerity exhibited against me is well founded; and I do hereby, in this })ublic manner, call u})on you to employ every resource, to put in practice every artifice, and to sunnnons and rouse up all your deliberative and inventive powers, in ordei- to prove, if you can, the charge to be true. August 20, 1798. RicHAiti) Bard
AVhere the road from Lemaster to Upton crosses the Warm Spring road leading to Churcli-hill, in Peters township, abont two miles soutliwest of Wil- liamson, are the ruins of an old mansion that was for many years the home of Richard Bard. The house was burned a few years ago. A\nien it was built, or l)y whom, has not been ascertained. The early orders for survey show tliat the first settler on the Bard plantation was Hezekiah Alexander. His name appears on the Cumberland county tax lists for 1751, but he subsequently removed to North Carolina, and was living in Mecklenburg county in 1789. This is proved by a deed from Alexander to Bard, dated
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September i;3, 1789, to perfect title. It is probable tliat Alexander went to Xortii Carolina during the Freneli and Indian War. and that Bard bought the plantation before the close of the struggle, as he was living on it at the time of the massacre of the chil-
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dren of Knoch l^rowiTs scliool, in 1704. One of Alexander's warrants for 100 acres was dated ^Vugust 1.3, 1751, but the deed of 1789 co\ ered 555 acres. Bard's first survey of 888 acres of the iVlexandcr land was made May 1. 1707, and the tract was resur- veyed, with alterations, March 28, 1788. It may be assumed that both the lands within the accompany- ing draft, and the adjacent lands without, were included in the ^Vlexander claim.
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In his lifetime Richard Bard and Catharine his wife sold part of the Bard homestead to their son Thomas, and the remaining part to their son, Archi- bald. The deed to Thomas, which was dated August
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15, 1794, conveyed 352 acres. Tliis land was part of a large tract called "Bard's Purchase," and included, besides, three small tracts named " Recollection," ''Bard's Addition" and "Parnassus." Thomas Bard and Jane his wife conveyed 286 acres of this land to
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Henry Stitzel by deed djited February 20, 18*24. Henry Stitzel divided it into two tracts of 143 acres each, and conveyed one of these to his son George, and the other to his son-in-hivv, (iideon Hoch, August (>, 1824. George Stitzel got the old Richard Bard mansion. The consideration named in tlie deed to Henry Stitzel was si 1,372.25, and in those to George Stitzel and Gideon Hoch, >^5J3V). From George Stitzel the Richard and Thomas Bard home- stead went to William Stitzel. /Vpril 1(>, 18(>3, who sold it to John W^dder, March 31, 18()4. It is now owned by S. Houston Johnston, of ^lercersburo-, whose wife is a great-granddaughter of Richard Bard.
The deed of Richard and Catharine Bard to their son iVrchibald for a part of "Bard's Purcliase" was dated July 25, 17i>3. This conveyance was for 22()^ acres, and comprised the northern part of the old Bard plantation. On tliis tract Judge Bard built tlie fine stone mansion in wliicli he lived until his death, and that was aftcrwai-d the home of his widow. The house is still standing. J'he Judge l^ai'd homestead, after the death of his widow, was sold and foi* more than a half of a century it has been out of the Bard name. The ])resent owners of the Richard Bard plan- tation are S. Houston Johnston, ^Andrew \\'inger and David Kinscy.
I^ike many of the early settlei's on the Feimsvl- vania frontier, Richard Bard, soon after the close of the French and Indian \Viu\ accpiired extensixe tracts of land as far westward as the westeiMi side of the Alleghenies. In 1772, his name appeared on tlie
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Bedford county tax list for 800 acres of seated and 300 acres of unseated lands in Mt. Pleasant township. A year later, in 1773, this township became a part of the new county of AVestnioreland. Among his neigh- bors in ^It. Pleasant township were two brothers, John and Geortje Baird, the former of whom was one of Richard Bard's fellow members in the Pennsyl- vania Convention of 1787. In otiier parts of the county were other land owners of the Bard kinship, including CTCorge Latimer and Samuel Potter, in Hemptield township. Latimer married ^Lirgaret Potter, a daughter of Captain John Potter, the first Sheriff' of Cinnberland county, and Samuel Potter was her brother. Mr. Potter married Susanna Poe, a sister of JMr. Bard's wife. Catharine Potter, another daughter of Captain Jolin Potter, married James Car- others, and lived on a plantation adjoining Sanuiel Potter's land. Carothers built on his land, but during the Revolution he l^ecame eml)arrassed and conveyed it to Richard Bard, April '^4, 1780, in consideration of £10,000. Bard reconveyed it to Carotliers, INLu'cli 5, 1783, for £300. This land was conveyed to Car- others, October 1, 1773, by his brother-in-law, James Potter, in consideration of £loO, but the deed was not acknowledged until August 1, 1783.
The Bard family of Bardstown, Ky., had a tradi- tion that during the Rexolutionary period Ricliard Bard went to Danville with his brother ^^ illiam, where he built a cabin that entitled him to a thousand acres of land, but afterward returned to Pennsylvania. It is probable that the tradition is well founded, at least in pai-t. According to the mamiscript records
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compiled and preserved by Colonel Reuben T. l)ur- rett. of Louisville, Ky., Richard Bard entered 2. ()()() acres on treasury warrants, June 19, 1780, tweh e or fifteen miles south of Drennon's IJck, includino- some of his improvements on the A^^aters of Kentucky, below Potters and l.,atimore's Preemptions on the east side of the Buftalo road. He afterward withdrew 1.000 acres and located them on Buffalo Creek, a branch of Beech Fork. He also withdrew 500 acres of the Drennon's Lick tract and located them on the West Fork of \\^itherow's Run, also a branch of Beech Fork, and adioinin<»" W'itherow's Preemption and Paul Froman's survey. Both of the latter tracts were in what is now Nelson county in the neighbor- hood of Bardstown. JMr. Bard also entered .50 acres on Sprin*)^ l?un, below Roger's station; 200 acres on Buffalo Creek, adjoining Sanuiel \Vitherow's Preemp- tion ; and 32.5 acres on Stewart's Creek, adjoining- David Bards preemption, east of the town. Subse- quently. April .'i. 178L ^Ir. Bard withdrew the remaining .500 acres of the 2,000 acres entry on Dien- non's Lick and located them on Buffalo Creek, beirin- ning at the southeast corner of William Bards pre- emption and running southwesterly along WilHam Bard's line 2.50 poles, and thence off nearly at right angles to include the quantity in the bottom giound of the creek. By a deed dated March 18, 1788, lie conveyed one-half — 325 acres-^ of the tract contigu- ous to Bardstown on the east, known as Witherows preemption, and adjoining lands of James Bard, to his son, Archibald, the consideration named being £lOO. This deed was witnessed by James and Klizabeth l*oe,
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acknowledged before Cxeorge ^latthews, Esq., one of the Justices of Franklin county. Pa,, and certified by Edward Crawford, Prothonotary. On the 12th of September, 1795, Richard Bard made an agreement with \\^iniam Lytic, on behalf of Archibald, for the conveyance of the ^Vitherow tract, and Archibald Bard made a deed for it, the receipt of which was for- mally entered on record by Lytic, May 29, 1798. Finally, in 1807, the heirs of Richard Bard executed a release for this land to perfect the title. Samuel VVitherow's deed is also on record.
It is a noteworthy coincidence that when Richard Bard made his entry for 2,000 acres on Drennon's I^ick his relations, Samuel Potter and George Lati- mer, who were so closely associated witli him in his land entries in AVestmoreland County, Pa., also entered 1,000 acres eacli upon preemption warrants.
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James McBride Survey No. 1.
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including their iniprovenients. Potter's wtirrant was No. 889; Latimer's, No. 840, and Bard's, Nos. 84:3 and 844.
Two plantations in Hamilton township, Franklin county. Pa., one on Back Creek and the other on the
Tames MBride Siirvev, No. i.
Conococheague. were purchased by Richard 15ard from James McBride. the younger, in 1798. The Back Creek tract contained 174 acres and .50 perches. Its situation was near the present village of Ilousum. The draft shows that the body of the ti-act was con- nected with Back Creek by a narrow tongue of hmd. The Conocochcague tract, which contained 288 acres and 10.5 perches, extended across the Hamilton townshi}) line into Antrim. vVn order of survey for these tracts was obtained by James McBridc, Sr.,
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February^24, 1767. INlcBride con^ eyed the tracts to his soil. James McBride, Jr. The latter removed to Woodford [count y. Ivy., where his will was proved, April^3, 178:3, James McBride, Jr., left two sons — Henry, vvho^died youno" and unmarried, and James, who'^'settled in ^W'stmoreland county. Pa., and sold
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the^Hamilton township lands to Richard Bard, Sep- tember 15, 171)8.
Another tract of land owned by Richard 15ard at the time of his death and sold by his heirs to Leonard Crobarger, April 4, 1800, was situated in Peters town- ship, and contained 111 acres and 62 perches. The original order of surxey was obtained by John Hill,
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who was a taxable in Peters township in 175L Hills order of survey was dated November 7, ITo'i, but the actual survey, as given in the accompanying draft, was not made until the land was sold to Crobarger. Hill probably left the Conococheague A^alley during the French and Indian War. His title to the land was conveyed to William Dean })y John McMath under a power of attorney from Hill, and Dean's heirs conveyed to llichard Bard.
JMr. Bard died intestate and was buried in the Presbyterian graveyard at Church -hill. After his death his three farms were sold, his heirs joining in the deeds. His personal estate was appraised at 'M'2 pounds, () shillings, 7 pence. His four slaves were an important part of his assets — Jack being valued at 50 pounds: Alexander, 45 pounds; Shaney, 45 pounds; and Bob, 50 pounds. INIrs. Catliarine Bard made a will, dated October 15, 1805, naming her son, Isaac Bard, and her brother, James Poe, as executors. After Isaac's death, by a codicil, dated September 7, 1(S()7. Thomas Bard was substituted as one of the executors. The will and codicil were admitted to probate, October 18, 1811. To her son, Thomas Bard, she ga\ e her cuj)board, bookcase and kitchen utensils, and her negro boy, Sam, Thomas paying Catharine McFarland and Martha \\^ilson five pounds eacli for e^'ery year Sam should serve. Thomas was also required to gi\'e her granddaughter, .lane Erwin, a good horse, saddle and bridle. To her daughter Olivia Krwin she gave her negro woman. Bet, and to Jane Erwin her plantation in Clermont county, Ohio, about seven miles from AX^illiamsburg. Tlie residue
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of her estate she divided among her five daugliters. Her interest in the estate of lier son, Isaac Bard, she divided into eight shares, giving one share to her granddanghter, Jane Erwin, and the others to her children.
]Mr. Bard was married December 22, 1756, to Catharine Poe, dangliter of Thomas and Mary Poe. She was horn June 8, 1737. and died August 81, 1811.
Issue :
1. John Bard, born September 27, 1757, killed l)y the Indians, April 13, 1758.
2. Isaac Bard, of whom presently.
3. Mary Bard, married James Dunlap, of whom presently.
4. Archibald Bard, of whom presently.
5. Oliyia Bard, married James Erwin, of whom presently.
6. Thomas Bard, of whom presently.
7. William Bard, born March 25, 1771 ; died young.
8. Elizabeth Bard, married James McKinnie, of whom presently.
9. Margaret Bard, born Octobei' 21, 1774; died unmarried, June 21, 1805.
10. Catharine Bard, married Stephen McFarland, of whom presently.
11. Martha Baixl, married William AVilson, of whom presently.
Mrs. Bard's fathei', Thomas Poe, was an early settler on the Conococheague Creek, in what is now Antrim town- ship, Franklin county. Pa., where he died in 1770. According to a tradition ])reseryed l)y some of his descendants, his wife was Mary Potter, a sister of Cap- tain John Potter, the first sheriff of Cumberland county, Pa. A genealogy of the Poe family will be found in Part III of this work.
II
TSAAC BARD, the first cliild of llichard and ^ Catharine (Poe) Bard after tlie return of ]Mrs. Bard from captivity anion^ the Delawares. was born in Peters townsliip. Cumberland, now Franklin county. l*a., February 8. 17(>2, and died July 28, 180(), He was a farmer in Peters township. He was enrolled as a })i"ivate of the sixth class, in Captain Walter McKinnie's company of the fourth battalion, Cumberland County ^Vssociators. in 1780, but was not in active service, payino' a fine of £450, Pennsyl- vania currency, for non-performance of military duty. After the l^evolution he succeeded Captain McKinnie in connnand of the company and became one of the most active and efficient officers in the Pennsylvania militia. C^iptain Hard was married April 30, 1780, to .lane McDowell, daui^hter of .Iudi»e .lames and .lane (Smith) McDowell. She was l)orn February 13. 1771, and died .lanuary 23, 1847. After Captain Bards death his widow married Colonel .lohn Findlay, son of Samuel and .Jane (Smith) Findlay, and a brother of Governor \\ illiam Findlay. of Pennsylvania, and (Tcneral James Findlay, of Ohio. These three Find- lay brothers were members of Congress at the same time, William in the Senate, and John and James in the House.
Jii(li»;c' McDowell, the father of Mrs. Hard, was a son of VVilliani McDowell, the pioneer settlei- at the base of Mount Paniell, in Fi-anklin county. Pa. The elder
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McDowell was born in Ireland in 1680, and eniigrated to Pennsylvania between 1714 and 1717. He first settled in Chester county, but removed to the Conoco- heague Valley about 1735. Because of the Indian for- ays of 1755-56, he Hed to the Susquehanna, and died there in 1759, his remains being interred in the grave- yard of Donegal Church, in Lancaster comity. He married his wife, Mary, in Ireland ; she died February 18,# 1782. James McDowell was the fourth son of William and Marv McDowell. He was born in Chester county. Pa., in 1728, and tlied February 5, 1811. He was a farmer near Mount Parnell and an accomplished surveyor. He was an associate judge of Franklin county, 1791-1811. Judge McDowell married June 17, 1761, Jane Smith, daughter of Robert and Jean Smith, and a sister of Colonel James Smith, the famous captain of the "Black Boys." She died August 28, 1784. This McDowell family still has rej)resentatives of the name living under the shadows of Mount Parnell.
Mary Hard, eldest daughter of Richard and C^atha- rine (Poe) Bard, \yas l)orii on the Peters township homestead, August 28, 1768, and died in Clermont county, Ohio. She was married to James Dunlap, son of Joseph Dunlap. He died April 19, 1806. Mr. Dunlap was a farmer of Peters township, Franklin county, I'a., and was a man of liioh character and excellent standino- in the community in which he lived.
Issue :
1. James Dunlap, of whom presently.
2. John Dunlap, removed to Cleinioiit county, Ohio; lie was married to Flizabeth .
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3. Richard Diinla|), was lH)rii in 1785, and died uinnarried, at LeClaire, la., in 186J>.
4. Joseph Dunlap, went to Clermont countv, Ohio.
5. Marv Poe Dunlap, married James McDowell, of wliom presently.
6. Elizabeth Bard Dunlaj), married Richard Bard, son of Rev. David and Elizabeth (Diemcr) Bard. (See Descendants of David Bard.)
Andrew Dunlap, the (grandfather of James Dunlap, was an earlv settler in what is now Peters township, Franklin countv. Pa. He died in July or August, 17()4. The name of his wife was -lean. He had four childi'cn : Joseph, Elizabeth, Mary and Arthur. Joseph Dunlap, son of Andrew and Jean Duidap, died in Peters township, Franklin county, Pa., in 1789. He made a will, dated April J20, 17813, in which he named his sons James and Joseph as executors. The executors presented this will to the Register of I'^ranklin countv foi' pi'obate in a nuitilated condition, the signatures of the testator and w itnesses ])eing torn off. I'Mias T'lana- gan, a son-in-law, objected to the probate. The case was heard bv tiie Register and five justices of the c-ountv, who decided June 18, 1789, that the paper was not the will of J()se[)h Dunlap. James Dunlap appealed to the Su[)reme Court of Pennsvlvania, with his father- in-law, Richard liard, as his suretv foi" costs, but the appeal was dismissed. He had nine children : Alexander, Johiv, -James, Joseph, Ruth, Marv, wife of Elias Flanagan; Aim, Sarah and Elizabeth, wife of Hugh Cunningham.
Archibald Bard, son of l{iehard and Catharine (Poe) Bard, \yas born in Peters township, Frankhn connty. Pa., June 27, 17<>;>. and died on his farm, ad)oinini>' the liieliard Bard lioniestead, October 1,
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1882. He was a proniineiit citizen of Peters town- sliip, and for twenty-one years was an associate judge of t'ranklin county. He lield the office continuously from his first appointment, April 2. 1811, imtil his death, serving under five successi\ e President judges, as follows: James Hamilton, 1811-19; Charles Smith, 1819-20; John Reed, 1820-24; John Tod, 1824-27; and Alexander Thomson, 1827-32. After he had been six years on the bench. Judge Bard was anxious to succeed General John Ilea in Congress, according to a letter printed in the Pliiladelphia '"Aurora," May 28, 1817. This letter gives an interesting account of Franklin county politics at that time.
" It may be proper here to mention," says the writer, "that we have in this county, as well as in some others, that kind of aristocracy which is called family interest, in which tlie pu})lic is sacrificed to family combinations. Tliis county is di\ ided into several connexions of this kind, instead of parties. . . . These are the Reas, the Bards, the Maclays, the Findlays, and several others, none of them power- ful enough alone, others not of sufficient conse- quence to be noticed. In the first instance. General Rea went to Congress, but Judge Bard began to think he would look quite as well there as the Gen- eral. . . . At one of their delegate meetings. Bard was brought forward l)y (General A\^addle, but one of our delegates and those from Bedford would not consent to it, so he fell tlu-ough, and seeing his connexions were too weak of themselves, he formed a league with the Maclays and finally ousted Rea. but ludicrous to tell, \\^illiani Maclay was taken uj) in-
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stead of Bard, and he is still obliged to stick to the judgesliip."
Jiidoe Bard was a j^raetieal tanner and lived all liis life on liis farm, wliich was a })art of '' Bard's Pur- chase."' tlie old liichard Bard homestead. The deed of Richard and Catharine Bard to their son /Vrchi- bald for a part of •' Bard's Purcliase, " was dated July 2.5. 17'>'3. This conveyance was for '2'2()h acres, and comprised tlie northern part of the old Bard planta- tion. On this tnict Judge Bard built the fine stone mansion in wliich he lived until his deatli. and that was afterward the home of his widow. The liouse is still standing. 'J'he Judge Bard homestead, after the death of Mrs. Bard, was sold and for more than a half of a century it lias been out of the Bard name. He was an active business man. and was named as executor of many estates by his neigiibors in the townsliips of Peters, Montgomery and Antrim. His patriotism was shown by the fact tliat he marclied to the defense of Baltimore in 181 4. serving as a pri\ate in the C()m{)aiiy of his brother. C'aptaifi 'I'homas Bard.
.Judge Bai'd compiled a narratixe of the captivity of Richard Bard and his wife by the Indians, from his father's papers, which was printed originally in Loudon's "Narratives." and reprinted with some changes in "Border Life." These narratives were collated by the com])iler of this genealogy, and re- printed, with notes, in 11)05. together with a ballad of his captivity and escape, written by Richard Bard, in 17<)(). .Judge Bard always took a leading j)art in the political acti\ ities of his period. He went to
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Cliambersbiirg to a meeting of the return judges on tlie twelftli of October, tlie day of the cholera out- break of 1882, took the infection and was one of the victims of the epidemic.
Judge Bard was married to Ehzabeth Beatty, only daughter of William and ^Nlary (Johnston) Beatty. She was born in Antrim township, in what is now Franklin county. Pa., January 17, 1771, and died January 9, 18,52.
Issue :
1. Richard IJard, was honi Juh' 5, 1800, and died un- married, January 26, 1831. He was graduated at Princeton. He studied law in Chanibersburg and was admitted to tlie Franklin C'ountv Bar, at the August term, 1823. He removed to Washington county. Pa., whence his fathei- and mother brought back his body in a sleigh tor interment in the old C'hinrh-hill graveyard, near Alercersburg, Pa.
2. Maria Bard, married Adam McKinnie,of whom presently.
3. Catharine Bard, married Franklin Darragh, of whom presently.
4. William lieatty Bard, was born May 13, 1803, and died unmarried, at Delaware, Ohio. Feburarv 29, 1880. In eai'ly lite he was a merchant at Mercersburg and captain of a military company. He went to California in 1852, and re- mained there nineteen years; then returning to Ohio, he made his home with his brother Isaac and sister Olivia until his death.
5. Margaret Bard, married Alexander E. McDowell, of whom })resently.
6. Isaac Bard, of whom presently.
7. James Johnston Bai'd, was born April 7, 1810, and died December 7, 1810.
8. Elizabeth Johnston Bai-d, was born December 28, 1811, and died Aui>;ust 25, 1819.
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9. Eliza Jane Bard, was born February 20, 1814, Jind died May 17, 1887. She was married April 30, 1845, to Abner M. Fuller, adnn'tted to the Chanibersburii; Bar in 184<4, and went to Ohio.
10. Archibald Bard, was born Novend^er 20, 181.5, and died May 21, 1816.
11. Martha Olivia Bard, was born June 18, 1817, and died in Ohio, March 1, 1878.
Mis. Bard's father, William Beattv, was a son of Ilenrv and Catharine Beattv, earlv settlers in Antrim town- ship, C\nnberland, now F'l-anklin countv. Pa. Ilem-v Beattv died in September oi- October, 1772, William Beattv was born at Cookstown, Countv Tvi'one, lie- land, in 1738, and died in Antrim township, l^'ebruarv 15, 1802. He was in active service in the Revolution with Captain James Y()un<i;'s marchino- companv, in the campaii;n around Philadelphia, in 1777, under Colonel Arthur Buchanan, and with Captain William l''indlev's marchini;' companv, March, 1778, with Colonel Samuel Cull)ertson"s battalion. He lived in the Brown's Mill neighborhood, near the Poe and Potter plantations. The Beattv familv of the Conococheai^ue, i;eiierallv assumed to be of Scotch-Irish oriifin, was more proba- blv of Irish lincat^e, in this that the Biataghs, Bietaghs or Beattvs in Ireland antedated the Plantation of Ulster. According to Tij)per's "Collection of Pedi- grees,"' written in the Irish language in 1713, (ioffrey, one of the princes from Scotland, who, siding with the Irish monarch Brian Boru, fought at the battle of Clontarf in 1014, was the ancestor ofBevtagh, modern- i/ed Beattv, Beatv, Beytagh and Battia. On the maternal side, Mrs. Bard's grandj)arents were Major James and Elizabeth (Brown-F'indlay) Johnston. Major Johnston settled in Antrim township near Shady
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Grove, about 1735. He was of the Johnstons of Duni- frieshire, in Scotland, better known as the Johnstons of Annandale. He was the father of four sons distin- guished in the Revolution. His wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Cornet Brown, who participated in the defense of Derrv, and the w idow of Samuel Findlav, the grandfather of the three Eindlav brothers. Colonel John, Governor William and General James.
Olivia Bard, dauohter ()t' IJichard and Catharine (Poe) Bard, was born March 26, 17(37, and died in Clermont county, Ohio. She was married about 1793-94 to James Krwin, whose ancestry lias not })een established. He was born in 1742, and died April 14, 1819. He was a farmer in Peters township, Franklin county. Pa. He was an active member of the Upper AN'est Conococheague Presbyterian Church, and was clerk of the session.
Issue :
1. Martha W. Erwin, married \\'illiam Rankin, of whom presently.
2. Catharine l\)e Erwin, was born January 9, 1797, and died at East Liberty, Pa., July 2, 188J3. She was blind for many years. She was married June 27, 182J3, to Joseph Mc- Farland; they had no children.
'3. Mary Erwin, was born August L'3, 1799, and died October 16, 1859. She was married February 13, 1823, to Alexander \Vaddell, son of Thomas and Catharine (Long) Waddell. They had two children, an infant that died August 9, 1825, and Catharine Elizabeth, who was baptized July 16, 1826, and died November 4, 1826.
4. John Erwin, was born June 9, 1803, and died March 24, 1872. At the time of his death he was living at Bryn Mawr, Pa. He was married April 26, 1859, to Martha Bren-
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ard, a native of* Northampton, Eng-. She was born July !29, 1819, and died May 5, 1901. They had no ehildren.
5. Olivia Bard Erwin, married Dr. Valentine B. McGahan, of whom presentlv.
6. James Bard Erwin, of whom presentlv.
James Erwin was })robablv a son of Jose[)h hirwin, who at the time of his death in 1771-72 was living in Read- ing township, York, now Adams county. Pa. .Joseph Erwin was married to Mary McClellan, daughtei- of James McClellan, and had two sons, John and James, and a daughter, Sarah. John Erwin married jVIary Ramsev, daughter of James and Mary (O'Caine) Ram- sey, and had John, Robert and Mary, wife of David Agnew.
Thomas Bard, son of Richard and Catharine (Poe) Bard, was l)()rn xVpril 2, 17()9, and died July 9, 1845. He was for many years a prominent citizen of l*eters township, Franklin county, l*a. He was a farmer, and for thirty years of liis life li\'ed on a part of the old Bard homestead. ()ccu|)ying the old stone mansion built by his father, liichard Bard. The old farmhouse was destroyed by fire a few years aoo and is now only a hea{) of crum})lino' ruins.
By a deed dated ^August 15, 1794, liichard Bard and Catharine, his wife, con\ eyed .'J52 acres of the old Hard homestead to their son Thomas. This land was part of a large tract called '* Bard's Purchase," and it included, besides, three small tracts named "Recollection," "Bard's Addition," and "•Parnassus." Thomas Bard and Jane, his wife, conveyed 28(5 acres of this land to Henry Stitzel by deed dated February
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20. 1824. Heny Stitzel divided it into two tracts of 143 acres eacli. and conveyed one of these to his son George, and the other to his son-in-law, Gideon Hoch, August (). 1824. George Stitzel got the old Richard Bard mansion. Tlie consideration named in the deed to Henry Stitzel was $11,372.25, and in those to George Stitzel and Gideon Hoch, ii55,730. From George Stitzel the Richard and Thomas Bard homestead went to William Stitzel, April 16, 1863, who sold it to Jolm AVidder, March 31, 1864. It is now owned by S. Houston Johnston, of Mercersburg' Pa.
In 1814, "Sir. Bard formed a company of volim- teers among liis neighbors, which formed part of the regiment that marched to the defense of Baltimore under the command of Colonel John Findlay. In Captain Bard's company were his brother. Judge Archibald Bard; AA'illiam W'^ilson, whose first wife was his sister Martha; Josepli Dunlap, his nephew; and James ^IcDowell, A\^illiani McDowell, Sr., and Matthew Patton. A\'^illiam McDowell, Sr., was an officer of tlie Pennsylvania IJne in the Revolution, and was with Wayne at tlie storming of Stony Point. After the sale of tlie Bard liomestead Captain Bard removed to AVashington county, Md., but after a brief sojourn in Maryland, he returned to Franklin county, and was elected a member of the Pennsyl- vania Legislature. 1832-33.
Captain Bard was married March 26, 1807, to Jane C. (Jeanney) INIcFarland. daughter of Robert and Jean (Cochran) McFarland. Slie was born December 17. 1783. and died August 31, 1857.
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Issue :
1. Richard Bard, of whom presently.
2. Roljert McFarland Bard, of whom presently. .'3. Thomas Poc Bard, of whom presently.
4. John Bard, of whom presently.
5. Aix'hihald Bard, of whom presently.
6. Oliyer Barbour Bard, was baptized May, 1817, and died in infancy.
7. Filiza Catharine Bard, was born April 4, 18215, and died October 6, 182:5.
Mrs. Bard's fathei', Robert McFarland, belong'ed to the old McFarland family of Bucks county. Pa., and on the maternal side, her mother, Jean Cochr.ui, was a descend- ant of the Cochrans of Chester county. For theii- his- tory see the Cochran and McFarland families in ''The Bard Kinship," Part III.
Elizabetli Hard, daugiiter oF liichard and Catlia- rine (Poe) Bard, was })orii February 12. 177'5. and died July i>. 1S24. She was married to James jVIcKinnie, son of JosiaJi and Isabel MeKinnie. Mr. McKinnie died July 27, 1811. He was a farmer in Peters townsliip. Franklin county. Pa.
Issue:
1. James MeKinnie, of whom presently.
2. Richard Bard MeKinnie, of whom presently. :5. Waltei- MeKinnie.
4. Josiah McKiiniie, of whom presently.
5. John MeKinnie, died July 24, 1810.
(). Catharine MeKinnie, married Alexander McMullen, of whom presently.
7. Mai-_i!;aret .MeKinnie. married James Turner, of whom presently.
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Mr. McKinnie''s father, Josiah McKinnie, was a native of Ireland, who (hed in Peters township, Cumberland, now Franklin county. Pa., October 20, 1782. He emi- grated to America and settled near Carlisle, Pa., before the French and Indian \V^ar. About 1757, he came to Church-hill, in Peters township, but was driven awav l)v the Indians and did not ivturn for two vears. The name of his wife was Isabel. She died April 20, 1777. 'l'he\' had eleven eliildfen.
John McKinnie was niai'i-ied to Catharine , who
died in October, 17S5. 'I'heir children wei'e Uol)ert, ^Va]ter and Isal)el. who died No\eniber I, IMK). Josiah McKinnie. the \()unL!,ei', died June 1, 1774. Walter McKinnie, died April 20, 1806. He was ension of Ca])tain William Huston's marching companv, in service, in 1778, but is marked on the rolls ''on a journex."' He bt-came captain of the eighth company, in the fourth battalion. Cumberland Countv Associa- tors, Mav 10, 1780, and was in sei'v ice on the western frontier. Hv his wife Jane he had three sons, James B., Josiah and W^dter, and a daughter, Klizabeth. James McKinnie, is the subject of the foregoing sketcli. Marv McKinnie, was mai'ried to John McCullough, son of James and Maitha Mi-Cullough. He was born in Newcastle count\, Del., in 174'9, and was brought to Peters township bv lu> parents in 1754. With his younger brother James, he was captured bv the Indians, July 26, 1756. His "Narrative" of his captivity will be found in ''Border Life." His children were Josiah, John and Martha.
Elizabeth McKinnie, was married to Samuel Patton, who died iii 1821. He was a captain in Colonel Joseph Armstrong's regiment of the "Flying Camp," in 1776, and was captain of the third company in Colonel Sam-
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uel Culbertson's battalion, Cumberland County Associa- tors, 1777 80. He c-onnnanded a marching companv in service under Colonel William Chambers in 1778, and on the Bedford frontier in 1779. Issue: Matthew, Josiah; Elizabeth, married John Gilmor; Isabella, mar- ried Joseph Marshall; Rebecca; Catharine, married Charles Cunnnins, and Martha.
Martha McKinnie, was married Mav 5, 1785, to William Menard, who died in 1795; their children were Samuel, William, John, Josiah, Marv, Martha and Elizabeth.
Mariraret McKinnie, mai-ried McCoy.
Isabel McKiimie, mai-ried Alexander McDowell. Catharine McKinnie, married John McDowell. Anne McKinnie, married Benjamin Chestnut.
Catharine Hard, daughter of Richard and Catha- rine (Poe) Bard, was born March 1, 1777, and died in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was married November 13, 1800, to Stephen JMcFarland. son of llobert and Jane (Cochran) McFarhuid. He was born in Bucks county. Pa.. August 15. 1772. and died at Cincin- nati. Oliio. \ovenil)er 8. 1832. lie went to Cincin- nati in the early days of that city, where he engaged in business as a luitter. Subsequently lie kept the "Columbian Iim." He amassed a considerable for- tune, and retired to a rural residence in the neighbor- hood of his adopted city, but about 1820, he became seriously embarrassed in l)anking operations, and was reduced from affluence to poverty. There is a trace of regret at his misfortune in his father's will.
Issue :
1. Robert McEarland, was baptized September !20, 1801.
2. Isaac Bard McEarland. was baptized December 5, 1802, and died without issue.
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3. John McFarland.
4. Thomas McFarland, was baptized March 18, 1806.
5. Jane McFarland, married Ira Atherton, of Cincinnati.
For Mr. McFarland's femily history, see McFarland family in '•'The Bard Kinship."'
Martha Bard, daiit)hter of Tlicliard aiul Catharine (Poe) Bard, was l)orii November 12, 1778, and died October 1J3, 181.-3. Siie was married November 11, 1805, to W^ilham Wilson, son of John and Ann (Campbell) Wilson. He was born in Peters town- ship, P^'ranklin county. Pa., March 13, 1785, and died at Colleoe Hill, Ohio, July 2<), 18(54. He was a farmer in Peters township until 1824, when he removed to Ohio, where the rest of his life was spent.
Issue:
1. John Wilson, was born August lb, 180b, and died July 1'2, 180T.
tl. Catharine Poe Wilson, was born August 7, 1807, and
died in Ohio. She was married tt) McMean, a native
of Lane-aster county. Pa., who died in Ohio in 1891. A daugh- ter, Rachel McMean. is living at Blue Ash, Ohio, and has in her possession the great horn spoon used by Mrs. Catharine Poe Bard during her captivity among the Indians.
3. Rachel McGee Wilson, was born October 9, 1809, and died in Ohio. She was married to Dr. John Naylor.
4. Martha Bard Wilson, was born July !23, 1813, and died April 3, 1814.
Mr. Wilson's grandfather, AVilliam Wilson, was an early settler in Peters township, Cumberland, now Franklin county. Pa. He died Septendx'r 18, 1777, and his wife I>abelle died Octobei' 3. 1777. Their chil- dren was Isaac, Sarah. Matthew. Kli/abeth. John, Wil- liam and Ann.
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John Wilson, son of William and Isabelk- Wilson, died April ^, 1788. He was married Jannai-y 25, 1770, to Ann Campbell. Their children were William and Margaret.
William Wilson, son of John and Ann (Cani{)bell) Wil- son, was twice married. His second wife was Marv McFarland, daughter of Robert and Jane (Cochran) McFarland. For their children, see McFarland familv in ''The Bard Kinship."
Ill
TAMES DUNLAP. son of James and Mary ^ (Bard) Dunlap, went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was associated in business with his uncle, Stephen JMcFarland. He returned to Pennsylvania previous to his second marriage. Mr. Dunlap was twice mar- ried. He was married (1), November 17, 1807, to Margaret Dunlap. probably a cousin, who died in August, 1808, and (2), November 1, 1817, to Jane S. ^McDowell, daugliter of Robert and Elizabeth (Irwin) McDowell. She was born September 23, 1790, and died July 28, 1870. His widow, witli her children, removed to 1) wight. 111.
Issue bv his second wife:
1. Mary Margaretta Dunlap, was lK)rn September T, 1817? and died May 24, 1818.
2. James Porter Dunlap, was boi'n May 24, 1819, and died June 16, 1837.
J3. Elizabeth \ ioletta Dunlap, was married to Josiah Th()nn)son, of Dwight, 111. Issue: Jane, married Dr. Baker, of Pontiac, 111.; Mary, married (1), Al. Hains, and had Bert and Frank, and (2), Judge Harding, of Pontiac; and Charlotte, liv- ing in Chicago.
4. Robert McDowell Dunlap, was born August 10, 1822, and died June 22, 1841.
5. Richard Thomas Dunlap, was l^orn February 20, 1824, and went to Tinnemaha, Cal.
(j. John William Dunlap, was born April 28, 1826, and died unmarried, at Dwight, 111., December 3, 1877. 7. Joseph Irwin Dunlaj), of whom presently.
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8. AIar<;'arL't Jane Duiilap, was married (1), to Ahraliam Knapper; (2), to Jason Prini!;le, and (-3), to Alexander Trottei'. 13v her second marriage she had Joseph 1)., William and Marv Pringle, and hv her third marriage she had Margaret and Alexander Trotter.
9. Archibald Bard Dunlap, of whom presently.
Mrs. Dunlap^s father, Robert McDowell, was a son of James and Jane (Smith) McDowell. He was born at the base of Mount Parnell, June 13, 17(>6, and died October 10, 1806.
INIary Poe Dunhip, daugliter of James and Mary (Bard) Diinla]). was horn .January 20, 1781), and died Oetober 0, 187(». She was married ()et()l)er 27, 181.3, to James MeDowell, son of James and Jane (Smitli) McDowell. He was horn December (>, 1782. and died April 8, 18()1. He was a farmer at ^It. Parnell, l*eters township, Franklin county. Pa. In 1814. he was first lieutenant of Captain Thomas Bard's com- pany, which marched to the defense of Baltimore. AVhen the Franklin county coni])anies were oroani zed into a regiment he was made its adjutant. He was a county conunissioner of Franklin county, 1815-17.
Issue :
1. Marv Bard McDowell, was born August 14, 1814, and died mnnarried, Februarv 13, 1871.
2. James Dunlap McDowell, was born Maich 1(), 181(), and died unmarried, October 9, 1887. lie followed surveying and teaching in early life. As a teacher he was held in great esteem. In politics he was a Whig and Republican. He was very active in the Whig campaign of 1848. In 1851, he was a candidate for the AVhig nomination for prothonotary, but was defeated in the county convention. He was elected an associate
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jiid<i;e in 1871, and served until 1876, being the last associate judge of the county. He was postmaster at Mt. Parnell, 1870-80. In 1880, he was elected a member of the State Legislature, and was one of the independent Republicans who refused to support the caucus nominee tor Lnited States Sena- tor, in 1881-82.
3. Jane Smith McDowell, was born September 4, 1817, and died July 24, 1887. She was married to Charles Gillan, son of James and Margaret (Reed) Gillan. He was born February 8, 1819, and died March 24, 1878. He was a farmer, stock raiser and hotel keeper near St, Thomas, Franklin county. Fa. Issue: Mary E., married James E. McDowell; James 1)., a merchant at St. Thomas, married Charlotte .Johnston; William ]M., was county auditor and prothonotary of Franklin county, and married Sarah J. Gillan ; Sarah J.; Margaret C, married Ben- jamin F. Huber; and Robert McDowell married Fannie Sellers.
4. Sarah Maigaret McDowell, was born July 20, 1819, and died unmarried, October 11, 1872.
5. Elizabeth Oliyia ^McDowell, was born Se])tend)er 21. 1821, and died unmari'ied, December 16, 1878.
6. William Findlay McDowell, was born June 23, 1824, and died February 5, 1890.
7. Robert Holmes McDowell, was born October 8, 1826, and is Hying at St. Thomas, Franklin county. Pa.
8. Catharine Poe McDowell, was born July 12, 1828, and died October 19, 1890. She was married to Alexander Camp- bell Armstrong, who was born in Franklin county, Pa., July 1, 1828, and died at Auburn, Neb., August 13, 1897. They had a son, James M. Armstrong, who married Eunice Eulalie Skeen.
JNIaria Bard, daughter of Judge Arehibald and Elizabeth (Beatty) Bard, was born October 3, 1801. and died October 24, 1880. She was married to Adam McKinnie, son of Josiali and Isabel INlcKinnie.
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He was born near Chureli-hill, in Peters townsliip, Franklin eounty. Pa. Mr. INIelvinnie was sheriff of Franklin eonnty. 1844 47.
Issue :
1. Bai'd McKiiiuio.
Catharine J5ard. daughter of Judge Arehibald and Elizabetli (Heatty) Bard, was born November 12, 1804, and died in JVIichigan in 1801. She was married December 4, 1884, to Franklin Darragh, son of George Darragh. of McConnellsburg, Pa. ^Vfter her marriage slie went west with her husband, and finally settled in Mieliigan.
Issue :
1. Arcliibald Bard l)arrai>-li, was born Deceinbei' 2;>, 1840. He was graduated at the rniversity of Michjo-an in 18()8, hav- ing previously served in the eivil war as private and officer until mustered out in 18()5. In 1870, he engaged in the banking ])usiness, in wliich he is still interested. He has been a Repre- sentative in Congress from Michigan since 1901. Mr. Dari'agh was mai-ried to Nancv Turviance Culbertson, daughter of Ferdi- nand and I^avinia Culbertson.
George Darragli conduc-ted a tannerv at McConnells- l)urg. Pa., for manv vears.
Mi-s. A. R. DarraglTs father, Ferdinand Culbertson, was a son of Dr. Sanuiel D. and Nancv (Purviaiice) Culbert- son, of Chambersburg, Fa. Dr. Culbei-tson was a note- woi-thy physician. l^Vrdinand Culbertson was born in Chambei-sbui'g, April -'30, 182;>, and died at Peoria, 111., May 7, 18(>.'J.
.Margaret Bard, daughter of Judge Aix'hibald and Elizabeth (Heatty) Bard, was born July 81, 18()(), and died September 28. 188.5. She was married May 14,
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1834, to Alexander Erwin McDowell, son of William Smith and Mary (Erwin) McDowell. He was a farmer in Peters township, Franklin county. Pa., and was well known and much esteemed.
Issue :
1. Marv Jane McDowell, married William A. AIcKiiiiiie, of whom presently.
2. Archibald Bard McDowell, of whom presently.
3. Elizabeth McDowell, married Samuel H. Johnston, of whom presently.
4. William McDowell.
Mr. McDowelfs g-reat-grandparents were William and Marv McDowell, who settled at the base of Mt. Par- nell about 17r35. His grand})arents were James and Jane (Smith) McDowell. His father, William Smith McDowell, who was born October 20, 1776, and died January 23, 1834, was a farmer in Peters township, Eranklin county. Pa., and a member of the State Legis- lature, 1833-34. His mother, Mary Erwin, was born January 8, 1781, and died January 4, 1860. She was a daughter of Alexander and Marv (Holmes) Erwin. The Erwins were of Scotch extraction and Irish bii'th. His gi-andfather went trom Scotland to Ireland at the time of the Battle of the Bovne, and his fathei" was a minister of the Established Church. Father and son were both Alexander Ei'win. Alexander Erwin. the younger, was extensively engaged in business before he emigrated to Pennsylvania, conducting a tannerv and a number of stores. He settled at Concord, in Path Valley, Franklin county, Pa., in 1797, where he en- gaged in farming. His wife, Marv Holmes, was a lady of aristocratic birth, who bore her husband fourteen children.
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Isaac Hard, son of Jiidoe iVrcliibald and Elizabeth (Beatty) Bard, was horn April 28, 1808, and died June 6, 187(). He lived on the Judge Bard home- stead until 1851. In the autumn of 18.52, he removed to Delaware county, Ohio, and is buried in liberty ora\'eyard, about eight miles south of Delaware. Mr. Bard was married February 10, 1840, to Rowana Humphrey, daughter of David and Xancy (Clark) Humphrey. She was born March 17, 1808, and died June 23, 18,52.
IssiK':
1. Archibald Hard, was born September ^i<J, 184<1, and died Septeinl)er 18. lcS4-iJ.
!^. Mary Agnes Hard, was born Januarv 17, 1844, and died July ^^, 1894. Slie was married November 16, 1876, to George Carson Cellar, and lived in Delaware county, Ohio, until 1888, when she removed to Rhea county, Tenn. Her children were (xeoi-ge Hard, Jose})h Humphrey and Wilson Fuller.
;J. FH/abeth Johnston Hard, was born February J3, 1846. She was married February 18, 1897, to VV. F. Bartlett, of New Plymouth, Vinton county, Ohio.
4. David Humphrey Hard, of whom presently.
5. l{owana Humphrey Hard, was born January 5, 185J2.
Mrs. Bai-d's grandfather, David Humphrey, was an early settler in Peters township, in what is now Frank- lin county, Pa. He died in 1785. His children were David, George, Robert, John, William, Jane, wife of Oliver Anderson, and Aim. Her father, also David Humphrey, was a prominent citizen of Franklin county. Her mother was Nancy Clark, daughter of James and Nancy (Reed) Clark. James Clark died in \8'2\.
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Martha W. Erwin. daughter of James and OUv ia (Bard) Erwin, was born Deceni})er 6, 1794, and died at Pittsbiu'gh, Pa. She was married June 4, 1818. to AVilham Rankin.
Issue :
1. James Krwin Rankin, of whom presently.
Ohvia Bard Erwin. daughter of James and Ohvia (Bard) Erwin, was born July 5, 1807. She was mar- ried in 1840, to \^alentine Brown McGalian. a physician.
Issue :
1. Olivia Jane Maiv MeCiahan. was horn July 20, 1841.
2. Katharine Erwin MeGahan, was hoiMi Octoher 14, 184'3. She was married March, 1872, to John \ alentine Brohst, who dietl in September, 1901. Their children were Samuel Bren- and, horn July, 1874, and Marv Erwin, horn Se])tember, 1880. Mary E. Brohst was married March 10, 1902, to John Bolton Acklev, of Philadelphia.
i}. James Erwin McGahan, was born November ;3, 1845. He was married to Henrietta Martin, and had two children that died in infancy.
James Bard Erwin. son of James and Olivia (Bard) Elrwin, was born April 30. 1810, and died at Sewickley, Allegheny county. Pa., October 20. 1883. He learned the trade of a taimer witli Andrew Mc- Elwaine. at Newville, Pa. Later he removed to Pittsburg, where he engaged in l)usiness. Mr. Erwin was married November 3, 1831, to Isabel McKee McElwaine, daughter of ]{ol)ert McElwaine. of Xew- ville, Cumberland county. Pa. She was born Feb- ruary 27, 1809, and died January 0, 1888.
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Issue :
1. James Bard Erwin, of whom present] v.
52. Robert McElwaiiie Erwin, of whom pi-csentlv.
;5. John Richard Erwin, was born Julv 28, 18:38. , -1. Jane Marv Erwin, was born April 21, 1840. She was married (1), in 1847, to Jason C. Swayze, who died at Topeka, Kan., March 23, 1877, and (2), to Dr. Phineas M. Sturges. He was l)orn March, 1816, and (bed at Topeka, July 10, 1901. Bv her first marria<i;e she had two sons, Horac-e George and Jason Clark Swayze.
5. Katharine Erwin, was born August 7, 1842.
6. Thomas McElwaine Erwin, of whom presently.
7. Sarah Belle Erwin, was born in 1852. She was married to Levi A. McKnight.
The McElwaines were aniont;- tlie eai-liest settlers of the Cumbei-land Valley. Andrew McElwaine came to what is now Mifflin township, Cund)erland county, I'a., as early as 1729, if not earlier. His fnrm was what has since been known as the " T'ountain of Health." The mass;ici-(' of the Williamsons bv the Indians occurred on an adjoinini;- farm. Mi-s. McElwaine was the first [)erson to discoxei- the presence of the sava<i;es in the neiohl)orhood and i;ive the alarm. Andrew McElwaine's son Andiew was the father of Robert McElwaine, the father of Mrs. Erwin. Robert McEl- waine was born in 1781, and died January 18, 1853. He was mai-ried April 12, 1808, to Jane Shamion. She was born in 1790, and died May 12, 18()9.
Hic'hard Hard, son of CaptMiii Thomas and Jane C. (McFarland) 15ard, was born in Peters township, Frankhn connty, Pa., February 17, 1800, and died at Allegheny City, Pa., August 9, ISC.T. Karly in life he engaged in business in Big Cove, Fulton eounty,
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THE BARD FAMILY
Pa., where he remained until 1843, when he reniov^ed to Pittsburgh. After his removal he engaged in the
leather business, in which he continued until his death. He was a man of high charac- ter and a prominent member of the North Presbyterian C h u r c h , Allegheny City. He was all his life active in church work in Allegheny, the city of his residence. Mr. Bard was married in 1832 to Eliza Jane Carson, daughter of Thomas and Agnes (King) Car- son, of Mercersburg,
Richard Bard. p^_ gj^^ ^^,.^^ ^^^^^^
Marcli 23, 181(), and died December. 1860.
Issue :
1. Thomas Carson Bard, was l)oni April 10, 18'35; he died vouni;'.
2. Robert \Vashington Bard, was horn April ^0 1837, and died at Camp Humphreys, \ a., February 11, 1863. He served Avith the Pittsburgh Rifles in the sunnner of 1865^, and enlisted in Company H, 123rd Regiment, Pennsylvania \'olunteers, August 9, 1862. He was promoted h'om sergeant to first ser- geant, and participated in the battle of Chancellorsville.
3. Andrew Melville Bard, was born in 1839, and died voun<);.
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4. James William Bard, of whom pix'sentlv.
5. Melville Bard, died in Watertown, Dak., in 1885. He served through the Civil War with the 1st Ohio Cavalrv.
6. Elliot Bard, of whom presentlv.
7. Richard Bard, of whom presentlv.
8. Mary Emma Bard, married Alexander L. Bou;<4's, of whom presentlv.
9. Ag'nes Carson Bard, mariied Frank H. Stuehfield, of whom presenth'.
10. Lillie Jane Bard, married Rev. William A. Ivlie, of whom pi'esentlv.
11. Sophia McLaren Bard, married rlohn Dutton Steele, of whom ))resentl\.
Mrs. Bai'd's grandfather, David Carson, was a native of the north of Ireland, of Scotch extraction. He was born in 1750, and died September 10, 1823. He emi- grated to IVnnsybania in 1784, and settled at Creen- castle. \Mien he came to Fennsvlvania he brought with him a certificate of good character, signed bv the dissenting clergvman and other inhabitants of the [)ar- ish of I)()naghead\ , in Countv Tvrone, on the Foyle, in the neighborhood of Londonderrv. He was a Covenan- ter, l)ut at Greencastle, where he I'emained all his life, he comiected himself with the Associate Presl)\ ti'i'ian Church. l'\)ur vears after his emigration, he visited Ireland, where he was married, July 28, 1788, to Jean Oliver, a native of Donagheadv jiarish. She was born in 1760, and died August 5, 1839. Their children were William, Thomas, Eli/abeth, James Oliver and David. James O. Carson was an associate judge of l^'ranklin countv, Pa., and one of the leading citizens of the countv.
Mrs. Bard's father, Thomas Carson, was born at (ireen- castle, Pa., August 6, 1791, and died at Mercersburg,
^26 THE BARD FAMILY
Pa., April 26. 1857. He began life as a teacher but afterward engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a justice of the peace for nianv years and served ten years in the Pennsyhania Legislatiu'e. He was a mem- ber of the House, 1834-35, and 1843-44, and was a member of the State Senate, ] 845-47, and 1851—53. During his last term, he was Speaker of the Senate. He was married ]\Iarch 25, 1815, to Agnes King, daughter of George and Margaret (IVIcDowell) King. She was baptized January 30, 1789, and died in the sunnner of 1862. Their cliildren were Eliza Jane, Washington King, Tiiomas, AVilliani, Margaret Eme- line, David Erskine and Rosanna Marv. Mrs. Carson^s fathei- was a brother of the Rev. John King, D. D., for nearly half a century pastor of the Up})er West Conococheague l*resbvterian Church, and her mother was a daughter of John McDowell, of INlcDoweirs Mill, which is often mentioned in the annals of the French and Indian War.
Robert INIcFarland Bard, son of Captain Thomas and Jane C. (INIcFarland) Bard, was born in Peters township, Franklin county. I'a.. December 12, 1809, and died in Chambersbiu'g, Pa., January 28, 18.51, He was educated at the Hagerstown Academy, which he left in his twentieth year. In 1830, lie began the study of the law at Chambersburg, under the Hon. George Chambers, and was admitted to the Franklin County Bar, January 14, 1834. After com- ing to the Bar he went to INIacomb, 111,, intending to settle there in the practice of his profession, but remained only one year, returning to Chambersburg in 1835, where he soon acquired a large and lucrative practice. During two years of his brief career at tlie
BARDS OF '^ CARROLL S DELIGHT ^^ 2'27
Chambersburg Bur, 1842 44, Mr. Bard was in part- nership with the Hon. James X. INIcI^analian, one of the leading lawyers of that period. He soon attained a high position at the Bar of his native county, and in his later years enjoyed a wqde reputation in the state as a lawyer of great ability. "JNIr. Bard was a peculiarly gifted man intellectually," wrote one of his contemporaries; "he had a profound knowledge of the law, was ardently devoted to his profession, managed every case entrusted to him with masterly skill and force, and would, had not death removed him in tlie meridian of his years, been one of the country's grandest jurists. " He possessed an active, vigorous and logical mind, and his legal learning was extensive and profound. His arguments to the coiu't were cogent, and free from prolixity and redundancy. His addresses before a jury were eloquent, convinc- ing and directed toward ])resenting tlie strong points of his case clearly and strenuously. He judiciously refrained from dwelling at length on matters of minor importance. \\ hen he gave a legal opinion to a client on a difficult point of law he was able to give it confidently, because it was the result of the most painstaking investigation and study.
In politics JNIr. Bard was a \\ hig, but he was never an aspirant for political office. In 18.'39, when he was only thirty years old, and the public school system was in its infancy, he was elected a member of the Chambersburg school board, and he w^as chosen Chief Burgess of the borough in 1847. In 18.50, he was nominated for Congress by the ^^^ligs, his successful competitor being his former law part-
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ner, James X. jMcLanahaii. The caiiipaigii of that year was conducted on the race issue. Poor white men were asked to remember that if they did not wish to become the companions of negroes, and work for ten cents a day or get nothing to do, they must vote for James X, McLanalum. The Whig organ, wliich supported jNIr. Bard, charged that JNIr. JNIc- I^anahan was '• rolhng in wealth." To this tlie "Val- ley Spirit," the Democratic organ, answered that ]McI.,anahan came to Cham])ersburg with 37h cents in his pockets, and tliat if lie had since become wealthy it was by dint of hard application to busi- ness. Then followed from time to time some remark- able political argmnents intended to prove to the independent voters of the Congress district why they should support Mr. McLanahan instead of Mr. Bard.
His style of living- is iiuicli like that of liis competitor, Mr. Bard, who owns a fine three-storv dwelling and a little town of offices somewhat nearer the center of aristocratic gravit^■ than Mr. ^NIcLanahan's residence is located. ... A man mav he rich and vet not aristo- cratic; or he may be aristocratic without being rich. Of the first class is McLanahan. . . . Poor White ^len Remember; That while Mr. McLanahan gives the work he has tt). do to poor white men his Whig com- petitor has a negro to do his work. Ask the Whig editors if thev have ever seen anv poor white men saw- ing a cord of wood for Mr. Bard for vears. Thev will be compelled to sav no. Then ask them if thev ever saM' a negro sawing wood at ]\Ir. McLanahan^s house. Thev will have to sav no. Mr. ^IcLanahan is in favor of supporting the poor white man in preference to the neuro. Choose which vou will xote for. ... If von
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do not wish youi' country ovcrw helmed witli idle, la/y negroes from Maryland, Virginia and other slave states vote for James X. McLanahan for Congress. And ye poor men who depend upon your daily labor to gain a living for yourselves and families, if you do not wish to become the companions of these Negroes, and do not wish to work for ten cents a day or else get noth- ing at all to do, vote for James X. McLanahan. For remendx'r, if the abolitionists get a sufficient lunnber of members of Congress, they will abolish slavery, and then the Negroes will overrun the free States, and work for less wages and you will be compelled to work for tlie same or have nothing to do. Are \()U willing to work side by side with a negro, for ten cents a dav ? Are you willing to sleep in the same bed with him.'^ Are you willing that the negro shall be the companion of your sons aud daughters. If you are not, vote for James X. McLanahan for Congress. Think for your- selves, poor laboring men and mechanics. The Whig editors denounce Mr. ^NIc-Lanahan for voting for a law allowing the master to come from Maryland and Vii'- ginia to reclaim his slave. If Mr. Bard would have voted against the measure and the Whig editors say he would — is not this evidence that he is opposed to having the slaves taken back, that he wishes them to remain among us, to take the place of the ])()()r white man, to take away the labor of the white man, and to compel the white man to labor for the same wages that the negro is willing to take for his services 'f
This was, perhaps, the only eainpaioii in a Xortli- ern C^^ngress district in ante-})enuni days, in which tlie race issue was so boldly in-ged, or was successful. Mr. Bard was a man of strono- con\'ictions. with the couraoe to avow tliem. He was conspicuous as an
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influential and consistent advocate of temperance at a time when opposition to the Rnm Power and the Slave Power were alike regarded as a species of fanaticism.
JNIr. Bard was married February 12, 1839, to Eliza- beth Smith Little, daughter of Dr. Peter W. and Mary S. (Parker) Little, of jNIercersburg, Pa. She was born December 12, 1813, and died at Hueneme, Cal., December 7, 1881.
Issue:
1. Marv Parker Bard, liorn April 15, 1840; lives in Chainbersburg, Pa.
2. Thomas Robert Bard, of whom presently.
3. Cephas Little Bard, of whom presently.
4. Louisa -lane Bard, born June 3, 1844; lives in Chani- bersburg, Pa.
Dr. Little's parents were Casper and Susainia Little, who lived near Two Taverns, Adams eoimty. Pa. For their historv see Little familv in "The Bard Kinship."
Thomas Poe Bard, son of Captain Thomas and Jane C. (JMcFarland) Bard, was born October 9, 1811, and died May 31, 1885. He engaged in busi- ness as a merchant at Mercersburg, Pa., and was postmaster tliere, 1841-45. He was prothonotary of Franklin county, 1845-48. In 1850, he removed to \^irofinia, and conducted a foimdry, hrst at ^^^aynes- boro, and afterward at Scotts\'ille. He was the first foundryman that made and introduced cooking- stoves in tlie \^alley of Mrginia. In 1855, he went to Baltimore, and was in business there until failing health compelled his retirement in 1875. He had the mechanical irenius shown l)y the members of the
BARDS OF "CARR()Li;S DELIGHT" '2iM
Bard family, and its cliaracteristic modesty. His life was marked by quiet, unobtrusive acts of kindness and charity. He was fond of readin^y, and never lost his intelligent interest in public questions. Mr. Bard was married November 29, 1830, to JNIatilda \ an T^ear Cowan, daughter of Hugli and jMary (\^an Lear) Cowan, of Mercersbiu'g, Pa. She was born February 16, 1817, and died March 4, 1880.
Issue :
1. Jennie McFarland Bard, was horn Maich r'3(), 18J38. She was niari'ied October 18, 186(), to \Villiani Dugdale, who was born January 6, 1842. They have one (laughter, Jennie.
2. Maria I^ouisa Bard, was born Noyeinber 6, 1842, and died Noyeinber 19, 1882.
3. John Edwin Bard, was born January 29, 1845, and died June 13, 1845.
4. Susan Ennna Bard, was born May 16, 1848, and died July 18, 1848.
5. William Bard, was born May 10, 1854, and died June 10, 1854.
Mrs. Bard's father, Hugh Cowan, was born in 1768, and died April 19, 1828. He was a cabinet maker at Mei'cei'sburi;', Pa. He owned the two-story ])rick l)uild- ino- adjoining- the house owned and occupied by Dr. Peter \V. Little. Mr. Cowan was married Jaiuiary !3, 1799, to Mary Van Lear, daugliter of Joseph 'and Mary (Chambers) \'an Lear. She was Ijorn neai" Mer- cersburo". Pa., in 1780, and died March 3, 1839. Their children were Joseph Van Lear, Maria, Susan, Eliza, William, Jane, \ an Lear and Matilda. VIrs. Van Lear was a daughter of Rowland Chambers, a descendant of Rowland Chambers, one of the earliest settlers in the Cumberland \ alley. She was born in 1746, and died
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November 9, 1836. Tlie Van Lear.s were of Dutch extraction and earlv settlers in the Conococheague Valley.
John Bard, son of Captain Thomas and Jane C. (McFarland) Bard, was born September 10, 1818,
and died at Sedalia» Mo., April 16, 1888. He learned the trade of a tanner, at which lie was engaoed in both Pennsylvania and Illi- nois. About 1843 he removed to Winches- ter, 111., but in 1859 he gave up the tanning business, and went with his family by ox team to Missouri, where he became a farmer. His last years were spent at Sedalia. ]\lr. Bard was married February 1, 1887, to Mary Poe Evans, daughter of Jeremiah and Rachel Evans. She was born June 10, 1816, and died Miiy 8, 1891.
Issue :
1. Richard Alexander Bard, was born December 23, 1837, and died in 1873. He was married in 1868, to I^ucia Mcin- tosh, a Cherokee, who was a handsome curlv-haired woman and well-educated. Thev had one son, Daniel.
2. William Evans Bard, of whom presently.
3. Robert McEarland Bard, was born Au<^ust 10, 1842,
John Bard.
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and lives in California. He was married to Arabella Robert- son, who died May 13, 1904. Their children were Maude and Ora.
4. Mary Wilkinson Rard, was l)orn October 9, 1844, and died August 1, 1845.
5. Ellen Jane Bard, married Arthur Paine Morev, of whom presently.
6. Kate Bard, was born December 13, 1848, and was mar- ried in 1873 to Marcellus Garton. Thev live in Tulsa, Indian Territorv. Their children are Claude, Rilla Colvic, Nelle, Bruce, Lillie, Lottie and Edwin.
7. Fannie Bard, was born June 11, 1851, and died Apiil, 1900.
8. Geor<^etta Bard, was born May 31, 1854, and was mar- ried May 27, 1874, to William S. Youn<^. They live at Pasa- dena, Cal. Their children are Etta, Roscoe, Lena, Roxie, Aria, Carl and Gerry.
9. Mattie Homes Bard, was born Januarv 17, 1859, and was married in Pettis county. Mo., May 7, 1882, to James William Snoddy. They live at Warrensburg, Mo. Their chil- dren are Ola, Ethel, Lois, Mary, Bard and Laurence.
Mi's. BarcFs parents were Jeremiah and Rachel (Mc- Mullen) Evans. He was a son of Richard Evans, and his wife a daughter of John and Mary (Poe) McMul- len. For the history of the McMullens, see Poe family in "The Bard Kinship."'
^Vrc'hibuld Bard, son of Captain Thomas and Jane C. (JNIcFarland) Bard, was born November 9, 1815, and died at Dayton, Ky., May 3, 1895. Early in life he lived at Kllicott's jNIill, Baltimore county, Md., but later lemoved to Kentueky, where he was employed by the government as a l^ridge builder during tiie Civil W^iir. After tlie war he was
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employed by James L. Haven l\: Co. for many years. His wife, Elizabeth, died August 1, 189.5. "The Cincinnati Times Star," speaking" of the last illness of Mr. Bard and his wife, said : " This aged couple are now quite alone, all their family being dead. . . . The old gentleman is held in the highest estimation by all of the community." The last of their children, Jennie Bard, died a short time before her parents.
James McKinnie, son of James and Elizabeth (Bard) INIcKinnie, was born near Mercersburg, Pa., and died at Abingdon, 111. He went to Xew Boston, near Cincinnati, about 1885, and subsequently re- moved to Abingdon, 111. He was married (1), March 80, 1820, to Sarah ^loore, daughter of John Moore, a farmer near Mercersburg, Pa., and (2), to Mrs. Jane Scott.
Issue bv his first wife:
1. James McKinnie, died innnarried.
2. John McKinnie.
ii. Susanna McKinnie, married Colin Spence.
4. Elizabeth McKinnie.
5. Margaret McKinnie, married diaries Leeper.
6. Sarah McKinnie, married Cephas Morris.
7. Rachel McKinnie, married.
8. Isabella McKinnie. Issue bv his second wife:
1. A daughter, married Woodmancev.
Richard Bard McKinnie, son of James and Eliza- beth (Bard) McKinnie, was born near Mercersburg, Pa., in 1800, and died in Ohio, He removed to Gos- hen, Clermont county, Ohio, about 1880, making his home about twenty-one miles east of Cincinnati. He
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was married December 9, 1824, to I^ydia Sleigle, a native of Franklin county, I^a.
Is.siie:
1. Thornton McKiiuiie.
2. John McKinnie.
3. David Elliott McKinnie.
4. Elizabeth Bard McKinnie, married John McBurnie.
5. Ann Jane McKinnie, was Ijorn February 16, 1833.
6. Harriet McKinnie.
7. Mary Belle McKinnie, married Daniel H. Shields, of wliom preseiitlv.
Josiali INIcKinnie, son of James and Elizabeth (Bard) McKinnie, was born near JNIercersburg, Pa., and died in Ohio. He removed to Goshen, Clermont county, Ohio, about 1830. He was married Septem- ber 22, 1814, to Eliza Campbell.
Issue :
1. Richard Bard McKinnie.
^2. Sanuiel McKimiie.
Catharine McKinnie, daugliter of James and Elizabeth (Bard) McKinnie, died August 18, 1834. Slie was married February 15, 1816, to Alexander McMullen. son of John and Mary (Toe) McMuUen. He was born near Mercersl)ur<>', l*a., and died in Indiana county in 1863. In 1814, his brotlier, James P. McMullen, was drafted into the service of the United States; he volunteered in his brother's stead. He went to Indiana county in 1811).
Issue :
1. John McMullen
2. James McMullen.
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3. Thomas McMullen. I
4. Mary Poe McMullen, was baptized March 1, 1818, and died unmarried.
5. Eh/abeth McMullen.
6. Margaret McMullen.
7. Jane McMullen.
For a full history of the McMullens see the Poe faniily in "The Bard Kinship.'"
Margaret McKinnie, daughter of James and Eliza- betli (Bard) MeKiiinie. was born April 2. 1804, and died September 28, 1884. She was married April 7, 182o, to James Turner, son of Joseph and ]\largaret (Porter) Turner. He was born February 2, 1802, and died January 2(5, 1878. He was a native of AVashington county. Pa.
Issue:
1. Elizabeth ]3ard Turner, was born January 1!2, 182(j. She was married (1), Aj)ril 11, 1844, to Samuel McCrea, who died A{)ril 1(), 1864. Their children were James Turner, killed on a railn)ad in New York ; John R.; Elizabeth, and i Margaret, married John Aughey. Mrs. McCrea was married ' (2), October 27, 1874, to Dr. George Irwin.
2. Joseph Gardner Turner, was born in Washington ' county, Pa.. August 17, 1827, and died March 3, 1902. He
was a lay missionary among the Indians in Michigan. He was married to Alice McGrew, and had Clifford G., Rankin, Frank Porter, Ja\nes McKinnie, Harry Gardner, Emily Jane, married Archibald M. Coleman, Catharine A., married W. C. Knowl- ton, and ]\b«'y Alice.
3. ]Mary Turner, was born September 23, 1828, and died Noyember 20, 1881. She was married September 27, 1850, to Dr. R. G. Laughlin, and had two sons, Dickson and Joseph.
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both deceased, and a dau<^hter, Ada, married Bla/er,
and has a (hiuo'hter Marv.
4. James McKinnie Turner, of whom presently.
5. Marf^'aret I'orter Turner, was liorn March 9, 18;31. She was married December 28, 185J2, to Harmon E\ eland, and has two children, James Turner and Ida, wife of Charles Johnston. James Turner Kveland was married to Amanda McGrew, and has Porter and George.
6. (child), was born Se[)tend)er 10, 18!32, and died October 3, l8iV2.
7. Catharine Turner, was married to John E. ^^ake- Held.
8. William Turner, was born April 28, 1836, and died April 21, 1902. He was married March 3, 18()4, to Ennna Hill, and had four children: Frank, Harry, Alice, wife of J. ('. Reyburn, and \ irg'inia.
9. Nathaniel Porter Turner, was born January 28, 1838. He was married to Sarah Eowe, of Proyidence, R. I., and has ¥Ahi and Jane.
10. Eleanor Tm-ner, was boi-n Febru;u-y 28, 1840, and died January 19, 1891. She was married February 28, 1860, to ^^^illi^un T. Ramsey, with whom she remoyed to the neigh- borhood of Eawrence, Kan. They had AVilliam and foui- other children.
11. Lydia Jane Turner, was born February 2, 1842, and was married to Theodore B. \aughan, with whom she remoyed to Newcastle, Ind.
12. Richai-d Bard Tuiner, was born December 3, 1843, and went to Miamiyille, Ohio. He was married to Margaret Buckingham, and had John, James, Eulu, \ iola and Alice.
13. \ iolette Louisa Tiu'ner, was born February 1(), 1845, and was married to Josej)h P. l^intner, a clothiei- at Blairsyille, Pa. Their children were James F'dg'ar, Jesse Bard and Mary Fallen, married Dr. George Hunter. James E. Lintner was
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married to Klla B. Snyder, and liad Antes, Ed<;ar, George Bard, Frederick and Louisa.
Mr. Turner's grandfather, Adam Turner, was among the early settlers of the Conococheague Valley, but removed to Westmoreland county before the Revolu- tion, making his home near Hannastown. Owing to the Indian troubles, in 1782, when Hannastown was burnt, he returned to Franklin county with his family. His father, Joseph Turner, was Ijorn in the Conoco- cheague \ alley in 1771, and died in Indiana county, Pa., March 17, 1847. He spent his childhood in West- moreland county but was brought back to the Conoco- cheague in 1782. He migrated to the neighborhood of Campbelfs Mills, near Jacksonville, in Indiana countv? Pa., in 179-i. He was married to Margaret Porter, of Washington county, Pa. She was born in 1767 and died May 11, 1849. Their children were James and Nathaniel Porter.
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TOSEPH IRWIX DUNI>AP, son of James and ^ Jane S. ( McDowell) Dunlap, was born April 24, 1828, and died November 1, 1871). He went to Dwioht, 111,, after his marriage. He was married October 2, 18.51, to Martha K. (Trubb. Slie was born March 24, 1880, and died January 1), 1895.
Issue :
1. Annie \. Dunlap, was born Oetohe)- 8, 1852, and died Deeeniher 28, 1870.
2. James McDowell Dunlap, was born June 9, 1854, and died April 7, 1881.
;3. Clara A. Dunlaj), was born March iJO, 1856, and died May 25, 1893. She was married Noveml)er 7, 1886, to William F. Palmer. Their children were Frank, hoin July 24, 1887, and Clarence \V., born March ;3(), 1889.
4. Ella J. Dunlap, was born September 16, 1857, and died June 30, 1879.
5. Mary Dunlap, was born June 12, 1860, and died Febru- ary 22, 1885. She was married September, 1880, to Jolni Baker. Their children were: Claire, born July 20, 1881 ; Irwin, born September 16, 1882; and Caroline, born Decend^er 30, 1883.
6. John Archibald Dunlap, was born November 15, 1868. He is livin<j^ at Madison, Wis. He was married September 12, 1897, to Fannie Lee Bard, daughter of Richard and Phoebe (Livingston) Bard, of Le Claire, la. She was born April 8, 1866. They have one daughter, Fainiie Louisa, born August 20, 1898.
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Archibald Bard Diinlap, son of James and Jane S. (McDowell) Diinlap, was born September 25, 183-2. and died August 4, 1883. He lived at D wight, 111. He was married April 27, 1865, to Eliza A. Ingraham.
Issue :
1. Irwin C. Duiilap, was l)orn February 18, 1866, and died Septeinljer 28, 1867.
2. Jennie M. Dunlap, was born September 29, 1867.
'3. Areliibald Bard Dunlap, was born October 5, 1869, and died May 22, 1898.
4. Anna G. Dunlap, was born December 23, 1871. She was married September 15, 1897, to Dr. Grant Houston.
5. Thomas McD. Dunlaj), was born March 16, 1874, and died December 19, 1874.
6. Mary E. Dunlap, was born December 21, 1875.
Mary Jane McDowell, daughter of Alexander E. and Margaret (Bard) McDowell, was born in I'eters township, Franklin county. Pa., in 1835. and died
December 6, 1856. She was married (1), to
Khodes, who died soon after their marriage, and (2). February 6. 1856. to \Villiam x\. McKinnie, son of Kobert and Eliza (AVaddell) McKinnie.
Issue:
1. Alexander McKinnie, born in December, 1856, and died aged one year.
For Mr. Mclvinnie's history, see Foe family in "The Bard Kinshi})."'
Archibald Bard McDowell, son of Alexander E. and jNIargaret (Bard) McDowell, was born October 20, 1837, and died November 12, 1884. He was a farmer of Peters township, Franklin county, Pa., and
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a highly esteemed citizen. He was married April 28, 1859, to JNIargaretta JMcKimiie, daughter of Robert and Ehza (AA'addell) INIcKinnie.
Issue :
1. Alexaiulei' Bard McDowell, was born June 8, 1861. '2. Annabella McDowell, was born October 18, 186^. a. Robert Smith McDowell, was born June 20, 1861. 4. Marv Jane McDowell, was born June 1, 1866.
Elizabeth Bard ^IcDowell, daiigliter of Alexander E. and Margaret (Bard) McDowell, was married January 10, 1870, to Sanuiel Houston Jolmston, son of James H. and Nancy (Rankin) Jolmston. He was born at Fairfield, Adams county. Pa., December 28, 1887. his father being at that time a contractor on the "Tapeworm" Railroad. He was reared to man- hood in Fulton county. Pa. In 18().*3, he enlisted in the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving with Com- pany H one year. In 1877, he remoA ed to Franklin county, purchasing the old Judge Bard homestead, near Eemasters. In 1901, he built tiie house in which he now lives in the borough of Mercersburg.
Issue :
1. James McDowell Johnston, was born January 29, 1877.
2. Man'i^'ie Johnston. 8. Nannie Johnston. 4. Mary Johnston.
Mr. Johnston's grandfather, Thomas Johnston, was l)orn in Lancaster county, I'a., January 20, 1751, and died in l\'ters township, Franklin county. Pa., Feb- ruary 5, 1829. He was one of the founders of the Associate Reformed Church at Mercershurg. He was married December iil, 1778, to Annie Houston. She
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was bom Decemher 25, 1760, and died August 18,^ 1823.
Mr. Johnston s father, James Houston Johnston, was horn near Mercersburg, Pa., June 1, 1797, and died in Fulton county. Pa., June 2, 1879. He was married February 2i3, 1822, to Nancv Rankin. She died Au- gust 8, 1887.
David Humphrey Bard, son of Isaac and Rowana (Humphrey) Bard, was born December 5, 1848. He went to Delaware county, Ohio, with his parents, and hves at Westerville. wliere he is engaged in business as a manufacturer. He was married December 25, 1878, to Sarah Ehzabeth ]\IcDowell, daughter of Capt. Wilham Erwin and Rebecca Jane (Gillan) JNIcDowell. She died April 2. 1901.
Issue :
1. William Fuller Bard, was born March 20, 1880.
2. Lottie Eliza Bard, was born December 29, 1881.
3. Nellie Rowana Bard, was born December 5, 1885, and died May 19, 1901.
4. Mary McDowell Bard, was born June 18, 1894.
Mrs. Bard's father, Capt. AVilliam Erwin McDowell, was a son of ^Villiam Smith and Mary (Erwin) Mc- Dowell. He was born in August, 1824, and died at Bloomfield, Neb., July 4, 1892. He was a farmer in St. Thomas township, Franklin county, Pa., and a ruling elder of the St. Thomas Presbyterian church. He was connnissioned captain of Company I, 158th Regt., Pa. Vols., Noyember 4, 1862, and was nuistered out August 12, 1863. In 1883 he remoyed to Nebraska, settling in Hitchcock county. His wife, Rebecca Jane Gillan, was a daughter of James and Margaret (Reed) Gillan. She was born August 22, 1826, and died September 4, 1877.
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James Erwiii Rankin, son of AVilliani and JNIartlia W. (Er\vin)Uankin, was married to Kate \A^armcastle.
Issue :
1. William Rankin, died in Chicago, 111. He was married to Fannie Glass, and had a daughter, Sai'ah Erwin Rankin, wife of Dr. AVilliani T. Hughes, a dentist of Pittsburgh, Pa.
^. Lewis Rankin, was nianied to Conrad.
-3. Georf>;e Rankin, \j;as married to Fainiie Glass Rankin, widow of his brother William.
4. John Erwin Rankin, was born Februai-y 9, 1867. He is in the employ of the Westinghouse Airbrake Company, Wil- merding. Pa. He was married to Mary Ada Westfall, daughter of Ezra Billing and Mary Ann (Bindsly) Westfall. She was born June 30, 1867. They haye two childi-en, Carl Stanelift", born December ^8, 1892, and Lillian May, born October i24, 1901.
5. Birdie Rankin, was married to Frank W. Clark, of West Virginia, and has two children.
James J^ard Erwin, son of James Hard and Isabel INJcIvee (MeElwain) Erwin, was born November 20^ 1832, and died at Zelionople. l^utler eounty, Pa.» January 22, 1902. He was a earpenter and l)uilder. He was married July 4, 18.59, to Elizabeth Deborali (irady, dauohter of David Grady. Slie was born June 28, 18;}2.
Issue :
1. Ellen Whalley Erwin, was l)orn A})ril 8, 1860, and was married April 30, 1889, to Charles Augustus Geisseheiner. Issue: Carl Augustus, born February 19, 1890; Catharine Erwin, born May 15, 1892; Paul Luther, born June 8, 1894; Bard Erwin, born July 21, 1896; Rebekah Elizabeth, born July 16, 1899; and (jeorge Washington, born l''el)ruary 14, 1905.
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2. Minnie Bell Erwin. was boni Augaist 24, 1862, and was married April 8, 1890, to John Prichard; they have a daughter Elizabeth, horn August 16, 1894.
3. Charles Shannon Erwin, was born October 27, 1865, and was married October 8, 1889, to Alice Wenzel. She was born October 16, 1869. Their children are George Anthony, born May 30, 1891, Rachel Elizabeth, born June 30, 1893, and Wenzel AN^evman, born March 15, 1898, and died October 21, 1903. ^
4. Henry Bard Erwin, was born ^Nlarch 17, 1868.
5. Jane Emily Erwin, was married to Sanniel E. Bowers.
6. Elizabeth Maria Erwin, was born October 27, 1873, and Avas married October 21, 1893, to .John L. Smith, of Chicago, 111.; they had a son. Bard Eiwin, that died in infancy. She was married (2) June 7, 1903, to Hiram Elmer Boyd.
Mrs. Erwin^s grandfather, Elisha Gi'ady, was appointed ensign in Capt. David Stockton's company, fourth battalion, York Comity Associators, June 17, 1779.
Robert ^IcKhvaine Erwin, son of James Bard and Isabel MeKee (MeElwaine) Erwin, was born January 6, 1884, and died in Sewickley, Allegheny county, Pa., Jinie 4, 1902. He was married in 1804 to Ann Ecca Tracy, who was born March 17, 1840, and died August 4, 1891. She was the daughter of Bruce 1 racy.
Issue :
1. John Dickson Erwin, was born February 8, 1865, and died the same day.
2. Katharine Bruce Erwin, was born Aj)ril 29, 1866, and was married October 18, 1888, to William H. White, son of Judge J. W. F. and Mary H. A. (Thorn) White. Their child- ren are A\^illiam, Kathryn, Esther and Ennna.
3. Anna May Erwin, was born December 9, 1868, and was
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married ]\Iardi 5, 1889, to Samuel Robert Cuniiiiio-h;iin. Tlieir children are Anna May, Marv Roe, Sanuiel J{()l)ert, Bruce Tracy, Katharine Erwin, Sarah Lawson and George Oliyer.
4. William Kingsley Erwin, was born September 8, 1870, and died March 29, 1897.
5. Robert McElwaine Erwin, was born July 'JO, 1874, and was married to Florence Beyini^'ton.
6. Walter Tracy Erwin, was born June 15, 1876, and died Noyember 3, 1877.
7. Edward Eaton Brennard Ei'win, was boi"n February 15, 1879.
8. Jane Tracy Erwin was !)oi'n June 18, 1884. She was married March 11, 1903, to Neil J. McKeefiey, of Leetonia, Ohio, and has a daughter, Jane Erwin, born April 1, 1904.
Thomas jMcElwiiine Erwin, son of .lames Bard and Isabel MeKee (MeElwaine) Erwin, was born October 1*2. 1844. He was married (1), January 14, 1809, to Jennie Calhoun Xeemes, a native of Enoland. Slie was born July, 184(5, and died April 27, 1879. He was married (2), April 10, 1880, to Alice Jenkins, who was l:)orn February 19, 18.58.
Issue by his first wife:
1. Louise Wilson iM'win, was boi'u August 7, 1871. She was married April, 10, 1901, to .lohn Wesley AVhite, and has a son, .lohn Wesley, boi'u December 22, 1904.
2. Mary Belle Erwin, was married March 26, 1891, to Jesse T. \ enning, and had Margaret Hamilton, born May 26, 1892, and Jesse Neemes, born .June 5, 1894.
3. Scott Ward Erwin, was born March 21, 1874, and was married December 31, 1901, to Kathai"ine Graeff, of Lancastei-, Fa.; they have Catharine Foe, born November 22, 1902, and Richard Bard, born March 19, 1904.
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Issue by his second wife :
1. Frank Howaixl Erwin, was bom November 25, 1886.
2. Russell C. Erwin, was born January 10, 1889, and died July, 1889.
'3. Jay Clyde Ei'win, was born January 7, 1891. 4. Aliee Erwin, was born April 25, 1894, and died August, 1895.
James ^Villianl Bard, son of Richard and Eliza Jane (Carson) Bard, was born in 1841, and died at Baton Rouge, I^a., in 1874. He enlisted in Company A. of the Roundhead regiment, lOOth Pennsylvania AOlunteers, ^Vugust 22, 1801; was captured in the first skirmish in which his remment was enoaoed, June 8. 1862, but was exchanged in time to partici- pate in the battle of Fredericksburg. He was pro- moted to be sergeant, February 1, 1868, and went with his regiment to Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee. He reenlisted January 1, 1864, and was promoted to be sergeant major, March 18, 18()4. He was severely wounded in the knee, in the battle of Spottsylvania, on the 18th of May, and only escaped losing his leg, by amputation, by threatening the surgeons with a pistol. He was promoted to be second lieutenant, August 7, 1864; captain, October 16, 1864; and major, March 25, 1865. After the war he was in business in Pittsburgh, but went to I^ouisiana, in 187*2, and was engaged in cotton-pack- ing, at Baton Rouge. He died of lock-jaw, resulting from his arm being badly mangled by machinery. Major Bard was married, in 1870, to INlary Clark, now deceased, daugliter of James D. Clark, of New Castle, Pa. They had no issue.
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Elliot Bard, sou of llichard and Eliza Jane (Car- son) Bard, was born at Allegheny City, Pa., De- cember 11), 1848. Lie is a niahufacturei-, in Philadel- phia, and li\ es at Wayne, Pa. He was married, April 23, 187*2, to Mary M. Frazier, dauojiter of James and
Staiulinu- — J;mu-s Williuni Bard and Andrew Melville B.ard. Sittino — Elliot Bard and Richard Bard.
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Margaret (Rex) Frazier, of Pittsburgh, Pa. She was born June 9, 1846.
Issue :
1. James Frazier Bard, was born 'Shiy 4, 1874. He was married May 10, 1898, to Anna Cochran Johnson, and has Catharine Frazier, Richard Johnson, and Elliot.
2. Margaret Carson Bard, was born May 14, 1877. She possesses a soprano voice of unusual compass and sweetness, and spent two years in musical study in Paris, under Escalais and Archaimbaud. She was married, October 7, 1902, to Elie Fritz Gustave Henri Faure, of Paris. He is an electrical en- gineer. They have a son, Gustave Melville Bard Faure.
Richard Bard, son of Ricliard and Eliza Jane (Carson) Bard, was born in Allegheny City, Pa., December 31, 1845. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was married September 21, 1871, to Ellen More- head, daughter of Hugh Henderson and Rachel (Falls) Morehead, of Xew Castle, Pa. She was born November G, 1847.
Issue :
1. Eva Morehead Bard, was born September 28, 1873.
2. Richai-d Bard, was born February 21, 1876.
3. Andrew ^lelville Bard, was born September 29, 1879, and died October 3, 1884.
4. Thomas Henderson Bard, was born February 11, 1882.
Mary Emma Bard, daughter of Richard and Eliza Jane (Carson) Bard, was married to Alexander Eowrey Boggs, son of Alexander and Susan (Greer) Boggs. He is engaged in business in Baltimore, JNld.
Issue :
1. Clara Louise Boggs, was married to Henry H. Pancoast, M. D., son of Dr. Seth and Susan (Osborne) Pancoast, of Phil-
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adelphia. He is on the medical staff' of the Hospital of the IJniversitv of Feiinsvlvania.
Mr. Bo<^gs is a great-cjrandson of Andrew and Ann Boggs, early settlers in Donegal, Lancaster county, Pa., and members of Donegal Presbyterian Church. Andrew Boggs died April 9, 1765, and Ann, his wife, February 6, 1789, in hei" 75th year. His grandfather, Alexander Boggs, \\as born October 7, 1755, and died March 30, 1839. His wife, Ann Alricks, daughter of Hermanus Alricks, was born October 7, 1760, and died Septem- ber !20, 1847. Alexander Boggs liyed at Marietta, Lan- caster comity, Pa., where his son, Alexander Boggs, was born.
^Vgnes C'ju'sou Biird, daughter of Hicliard and Eliza Jane (Carson) Bard, was born at Allegheny City, Pa., January 29, 18.51. Slie was married Sep- tember 2, 1875, to Frank LL Stuehfield, of Alleoheny City, Pa., son of William Davis and Xaonii (lihodes) Stuehfield, of Hanwell, England. Mr. Stuehfield died at New Brighton, Pa., August 14, 1900. He was engaged in the eoal business and latei- in the manufaeture of paper, at Xew Castle, Pa. In 188(j, he removed to New Brighton, Pa., wliere he engaged in the pottery business.
Issue :
1. Bessie Bard Stuehfield, was born June 20, 1876.
2. Ellen Davis Stuehfield, was born October 7, 1879.
3. Frank Bard Stuehfield, was born March 21, 1882.
4. Cora Lotta Stuehfield. ,
Lillie Jane ]5ard, daugliter of ]{iehard and Eliza Jane (Carson) Bard, was born in Allegheny City, Pa., July 29, 1854, and was edueated at the Bishop Bow-
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man Institute, in Pittsburgh, Pa. She was married in the North Presbyterian Church, Allegheny City, September 25, 1878, to the Rev. William Alexander Edie, a native of Allegheny county, Pa. At the time of their marrage, Mr. Edie was pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church of Baltimore, Md. In August, 1880, he became pastor of the U. P. Church, at Beaver, Pa., and in February, 1887, he accepted a call to tlie First Presbyterian Church, of Connells- ville. Pa., of which he remains pastor. In these three pastoral charges, INlrs. PMie lias been her husband's faithful companion and helper, taking an active and intiuential part in religious and charitable work. She has been prominent in A\ . C. T. T"^. circles in Beaver and Fayette comities, and for twelve years she was president of the ConnellsvilJe AV. C. T. U.
Issue :
1. Elliot Bard Edie, was born in Baltimore, Md., July 25, 1879. He was graduated M. D. at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1904, and appointed on the staff' of Alerev Hospital, Pittsburgh.
2. Marv Carson Edie, was born in Beaver county. Pa., May 27, 1882.
3. William Woodburn Edie, was born in Connellsville, Pa., May 9, 1889.
Sophia McLaren Bard, daughter of Richard and Eliza Jane (Carson) Bard, was born in Allegheny City, Pa., September 20, 1850, and died July 29, 1899. She was educated at the Pittsburgh Female College, and was married in ^Vpril, 1885, to John Dutton Steele, of Coatesville, Pa. His parents were Quakers, but he was a member of the Protestant Episcopal
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Church. ^Vt the time of liis marriage he was hving at McKeesport, Pa., where he died in April, 1887. After his death, his widow removed to Coatesville, where she was acti\'e in the work of the AV. C. T. U.
Issue :
1. Hugh Exton Steele, was })oi'u in McKeesport, Pa., July, 1886. He was graduated at the lialtiniore City Polytechnic School and later at Lehigh University.
2. Hannah Bard Steele, was born at Coatesville, Pa., No- vember, 1887. She was educated at the Higb School at Wayne, Pa., and at the lirvn Mawr College.
Thomas Robert Bard, son of Rol)ert INlcFarhuid and Elizal)eth S. (Little) Bard, was born at Cham- l)ersbur<>\ l*a., Deeendjer 8, 1841. He was educated at the Chandjersburg Academy, and began the study of the law under the Hon. (ieorge Cluunbers. at Chambersburg. Impaired liealth led him to abandon his preparation for the Bar and engage in a more active l)usiness life. He became a mend)er of the forwarding and commission house of Zeller (Sc Co., at Hai>erstown, Md., in 18(>1, and also served the C^md^er- land \"alley Railroad at that place imtil ^Vugust, 18()4. During this period he saw^ some dangerous service as a volunteer scout in the successi^ e invasions of INlary- land and Pennsylvania l)y the Confederates. One day, with a companion, he })enetrated the lines of the enemy and was captured. They were on the point of being hanged as spies, when a sudden rush of Union cavalry rescued them from their distressing situation. In the autunm of 18(>4, Thomas ^V. Scott, Assistant Secretary of ^Vav and afterwards president of the
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Pennsyhaiiia Railroad, was in search of a capable young" man to take charge of his extensi\ e interests in southern California, which included oil lands that it was believed would rival the oil regions of Pennsyl- vania. Mr. Bard was chosen for the work, and after spending several months in Colonel Scott's office, was placed in control of liis holdings in \ entm-a, Los Angeles and Humboldt counties, comprising about 277,000 acres. These holdings included 113,000 acres in Rancho Simi; 26,600, I.as Posas; 48,000, San P'rancisco; 10,000, Callegnas; 4.5,000, El Rio de Santa Clara Ola Colonia ; (>.600 in the Canad Clara, and 16,000 in the Ojai. At that time there were not more than a dozen Americans in tlie entire region. It was not long, howe\ er, until squatters began to swarm over a part of Scott's land. In the description of the old Rancho la Colonia one line ran from a certain monument to a point on the Santa Barbara channel shore between two esteros. Lagoons were numerous along that shore, and it was easy for a designing and unscrupulous person to raise a doubt in regard to the two esteros between which the Rancho line ran. A Sacramento lawyer asserted that tlie line ran to a point near where the Hueneme lighthouse now stands. This was in direct conHict with Scott's claim, and would have deprived him of about 17,000 acres of as rich, level land as was to be found along the coast. The lawyer set on the squatters, who at once began to drop down on the 17,000 acres. Scott in- sisted on his claim, and Bard was on the ground to defend his rights and to drive the squatters off. T'he settlers talked "shoot" and "hang," but Bard kept
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after them. At the outset, he had a survey made l:)y the United States Siu'veyor (Teneral, and. as the hue fitted the Seott claim, he was uuyieldino- in entbreintr it. The conflict lasted for years witli Aarying for- tunes. The settlers stole a marcli on Scott I)y obtain- ingp a decision in their favor from the Land Office at AVashino'ton, but Scott succeeded in having it re- versed, and it has remained re\'ersed to tliis day. When (xrover Cleveland became President, the squatters made their last attempt to get the Colonia lands, but Attorney (General Garland uplield tlie old Scott line and tliat was the end of it. During all tliese years of conflict Bard was on the firino--line. He had desperate men to deal with but he ne\ er Hinched. He kept the courts of the county busy dealino- with the cases of tlie squatters. ^Vfter lie had won. he dealt so generously witli the men who Iiad been his bitter enemies tliat they became his friends.
While Mr. Bard was Colonel Scott's agent lie had some thrilling experiences. The California Petroleum Company was organized to develop the oil on Scott's holdings. Well Xo. 1 was put down on the Ojai country, and there Bard made his home when he first went to southern California. One night in 1874 he was the victim of an attempted "hold-up" while driving to Xo. 1 on the Ojai with a large sum of money in his ])ossession. He had forgotten his pistol, but the landlord at the hotel wliere he received the money, loaned him an old derringer with which to defend himself in case of attack. He was dri\ iiig four-in-hand. It was not an easy thing to hold up four bronchos on the run, but on an up grade a man
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got in front of the leaders, while another" came ta the forward wheels demanding Bard's money. Bard blazed away with the ancient derringer, missing his man, but hin'ting himself witli the old weapon, the handle of whicli bursted in his hand. Frightened by the explosion the leaders dashed forward and Bard was out of reach of the highwaymen. Desperadoes- among tlie squatters on the Scott lands and other bad men plotted to take INIr. Bard's life on a number of occasions, but these plots always failed. These antag- onisms have passed away, and now he is held in the higliest esteem by all classes in southern California for what he has achieved for the development of his section of the state.
AVhen JMr. Bard went to California, Ventura county, in whicli lie lives, was part of Santa Barbara. He was supervisor of the \ entura district, 1808-72, and when A entura county was formed in the latter year he was one of the three commissioners to set the county government going. In 1877 he was the Re- publican candidate for State Senator from the district comprising A entura. Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties; he carried the first two but was beaten by his I^emocratic opponent in San Luis Obispo by a small margin. In 1892 he was on the Republican electoral ticket, and was chosen a Presi- dential elector, although the Democrats carried the rest of their ticket. He received more votes on the close poll than the three lowest of the Democratic candidates. In 1899 the California I^egislature failed to electa L^nited States Senator, and the "dead-lock" was not broken until February, 1900, when Mr. Bard
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was chosen. He was not Ji candidate and his election was a surprise. In the Senate he soon acquired the respect of that august body for his wide knowledge of the interests and needs of the I'acific Slope. He was chairman of the Senate Committee on Irrigation. The term for which he was elected expired INlarch 4, 190.5.
Senator Bard has been a successful business man. He has extensive landed interests in \ entura and adjoining counties. At his home in Hueneme, called "Berylwood," after liis eldest daughter, he indulges his taste for gardening, and has succeeded in develop- ing two new roses that he named " Beauty of Beryl- wood" and "Dr. Bard." In religion he is a Presby- terian. He built the handsome little Presbyterian church at Hueneme, in which he is a ruling elder and superintendent of the Sunday school. He has repre- sented California in the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Bard was married April 17, 1870, to Mary Beatrice Gerberding, daughter of Christian Otto and Mary J. (Hempson) (ierberding. She was born Jan- uary 23, 18.58. Tlie marriage took place at the home of Mrs. M. J. Gerberding, 1218 Clay street, San Fran- cisco, Cal., the Rev. Dr. Piatt, rector of (xrace church, San Franciso, Cal., othciating.
Issue :
1. Robert Bard, was born at " Berylwood,"' near Hueneme, Cal., February 12, 1877, and died December 31, 1878.
2. Bervl Beatrice Bard, was born at "Bervlwood," Septem- ber 19, 1878.
3. Mary Louise Bard C' Kitty"), was born at "Beryhvood,""
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January 4, 188J3. She was married, August 26, 1905, to Roger Gavthonie Kdwanls, of" Santa Barbara, C'al.
4. Anna (jreenwell Bard, was born at Santa Barbara, Cal., October 5, 1884.
5. Tlioinas (xerlx'rding Bard, was born at " Bervbvood,'' March 7, 1886.
6. Eh/abeth Parker Bard, was Ijorn at Santa Barbara, CaL, July 28, 1888.
7. Richard Bard, was born at ^ Bervlwood,'' February 17, 1892.
8. Archibald Philij) Bard, was born at " Berylwood," October 25, 1898.
Mrs. Bard's father. Christian Otto Gerberding, was a native of Bremen, Germany, and died in San Francisco, Cal., December 24, 1863. He emigrated to the United States as a young man and went to California in Jan- uary, 1850, where he was joined by ]\Irs. Geberding in 1851. He was associated with James King, of William, in founding the "San Francisco Evening Bulletin,'' in 1855, of which he was one of the owners until 1861. He was married at Liberty, Bedford county, \a.^ November 16, 1846, to Mary J. Hempson. She was born at Richmond, \ a., September 29, 1827, and died at San Francisco, Cal., August, 1903. Issue:
1. Clara Winter Gerberding, married Dr. Cephas L. Bard.
2. Frederick William Gerberding, was born February 22, 1849, and died at Ilueneme, Cal., August 8, 1905. He was married, August 5, 1890, to Anna H. Sherer. They had three children: Anna Mary, born August 5, 1901; Christian Otto, born March, 1893; and Dorothy, born, October 5, 1895.
3. Albert Ger])erding, was born January 26, 1852. He was married to Mrs. Elizabeth (Sears) Bates, who
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died at the home of Sherman P. Stow, at Galeta, near Santa Barbara, CaL, March, 1904. Thev had one daughter, Beatrice Gerberding, born January, 1896.
4. Annie Kendall Gerl)erding, was born October 9, 185fi, and died November 26, 1854.
5. Kdwin Otto (rerberding, was born Septeniljer 24, 1855. He was married (1), to Grace Rivenberg, who died in 1895, and (2), October 4, 1898, to Agnes Bagust, a native of Edmonton, Middlesex, England. liy his first marriage he had a son, Thomas R. Bard Gerberding, born August, 1889, and by his second marriage a daughter, Winifred Alice Gerberding, born May 31, 1900.
6. Mary Beatrice Gerberding, married Thomas R. Bard.
Cephas T^ittle Bard, son of Robert McFarland and Elizabeth S. (Little) Bard, was born at Chani- bersburg, Pa., April 7, 1843, and died in San Buena- ventura, Cal., April 20, 1902. He was educated at the Chambersburg Academy. After leaving school he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Abraham H. Senseny, in Chambersburg, but his studies were interrupted by his enlistment in Com- pany A, 126th Regiment, Pennsylvania A^olunteers, August 11, 1862. He participated in the sanguinary battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, and the battle of Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863. Upon his being mustered out with his regiment, JNIay 20, 1863, he re^lumed his medical studies and was graduated M.D., at Jefferson JMedical College, Philadelphia, in 1864. Soon after receiving Ids degree he was ap- pointed assistant surgeon of the 210th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until the close
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of the war. After the war he began the practice of his profession in his native county, but, in 1868, he left Chambersburg to begin a new and remarkable career as a practitioner in southern California. Dr. Bard was the first American physician, with a diploma, that settled in \^entura county, of which he was one of the pioneers. He became an integral part of the county — a fixed figure in its social and civic life. AVith him the hardships that befall a country physician with a large practice, had no power to draw him to a large city, where the routine of his professional life would be easier and the emoluments greater. He foimd his reward in the gratitude, love and esteem that the people he served so unselfishly, bestowed upon him. It was a common occurrence with him to risk his life in the roaring Santa Clara when the summons came to him from a patient on a winter night. "Oh, I have to do it," was his own comment on his unselfish devotion to duty. He always felt the keenest satisfaction in the success of his professional efforts. For more than thirty years there was no public highway in \ entura county so long, or mountain trail so distant, that it was not traversed by him again and again on his errands of mercy. He knew nearly every man, woman and child in the county; knew their names, their disposi- tions, their ailments and their limitations. The ten- acity of his memory was as marvelous as the accuracy of his knowledge. His quick intuitions made him a leader of men as well as a skillful and unerring physician. After his death, the ^"entura Society of Pioneers, of which he was the virtual foimder, un-
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veiled a bust of the popiihir physician, in the l)eau- tiful Ehzabeth Bard JNlemorial Hospital, in San Buenaventura, founded by Dr. Bard and his brother. Senator Bard, in memory of their mother.
Dr. Bard held many positions of honor and trust. In the early days he was coroner of Ventura county. He served as Health Officer of his county, and as County Physician and Surgeon for many years and as a member of the Board of Pension Examiners. He was president of the State Medical Society of Cali- fornia, and of the \ entura County IMedical Society. For over ten years he was president of the City School Board, and he was also president of the Society of Pioneers. In the Grand Army of the Republic he was always an active, zealous and patriotic comrade. His last achievement was the completion of the Elizabeth Bard JNlemorial Hos])ital, which was finished only a short time before his death, and in which he was the first patient.
Dr. Bard was married October 2.5, 1871, to Clara Winter Gerberdino-, daughter of Christian Otto jmd INIary J. (Hempson) (Tcrberding. She was born Sep- tember 5, 1847, and died January 12, 11)05.
Issue;
1. Marv Blanche Bard, was born at San Buenaventura, Cal., August 22, 1872; living at Chambersburg, Pa.
2. Albert Marius Bard, was born at "Bei'vlwood," Huenenie, Cal., August 4, 1879, and died at lirussels, Belgium, in 1905.
W^illiam Evans Bard, son of John and Mary Poe (Evans) Bard, was born in Franklin county. Pa., August 18, 1840, and died at Sedalia, JMo., February
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14, 1900. He went to IMissouri with his parents and was active in business there all his hf'e. He was mar- ried at Booneville, JMo., September 21, 1864, to Sarali Ehzabetli Talbot. She died August 8, 1881. Mr. Bard was married (2), November 10, 1889, to Anna I shell.
Issue by his first wife:
1. William Evans Bard, was born January 30, 1866. He is the head of the W. E. Bard Drug Company, organized in 1860 at Sedalia, Mo. He was married at l^exington, Mo., No- vember 28, 1891, to Mazie McGrew.
2. Mary Talbot Bard, was born P'ebruary 8, 1868. She was married June 26, 1886, to the Rev. Dewitt Clinton Browne, and has Bard, born February 16, 1887, and Virginia, born October 1, 1888.
3. Charles Harlan Bard, was born November 28, 1869. He is a jeweler at Sedalia, Mo. He was married September 16, 1896, to Anna Mertz.
4. Lillie Moore Bard, was born September 17, 1871. She was married November 12, 1896, to Charles Van Antwerp.
5. Levi Bard, was born December 24, 1873. He is a com- mission merchant at Kansas City, Mo. He was married Janu- ary 5, 1899, to Mary West.
6. Frances Elizabeth Bard, was born February 26, 1876. She was married June 1, 1898, to Harry E. Hyatt, of Kirk- wood. Mo., and has one son, Harry Harding.
Issue by his second wife:
1. Mildred Gentry Bard, was born December 11, 1890.
Ellen Jane Bard, daughter of John and Mary Poe (Evans) Bard, was born at Winchester, 111,, Decem- ber 15, 1846. She was married May 4, 1869, to Arthur Paine Morey, a native of Strafford, \"t., who settled at Sedaha, Mo.
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Issue:
1. Richard Morey, was born February 16, 1870. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is a civil engineer and manager of the Morey Engineering and Con- structing Company, of St. Eouis. He was married at Sedalia, September 16, 1898, to INIarv Goodman Mackey, and has one son, Richard, born May 8, 1904.
2. Walter Morev, was born August 14, 187'3, and is a farmer in Pettis county. Mo. He was married March 28, 1900, to Carrie Scott, and has one child, Ai'thur Paine, born March 29, 1901.
3. Laui'a Calma ^Nlorev, was born August 28, 1876.
4. Jemiie Jaspei" Morev, w§s born Julv 2, 1884.
Martlui Belle McKinnie, daughter of Kicluird Bard and Lydia (Sleigle) jNIcKiiiiiie, was married to Daniel Haden Sliields, son of George and Hannah (Spenee) Shields. She was his seeond wife. INIr. Shields was born in 188.5. He lives near Loveland, O.
Issue :
1. Curtis E. Shields, was born July J30, 1873, and was graduated at the University of Wooster in 1895. He was principal of the Spencer, O., High School for one vear, and in- structor in mathematics in the College of Montana, at Deer Lodge, for one vear. He was graduated in divinitvat the Lane Theological Seminarv in 1900, and became pastor of the Presbvterian Church at Amanda, (). He is now at Hilo, Hawaii. He was married August 21, 1900, to Helen C. Mar Gregor, of Wooster, ()., and has a daughter, Mai'v Belle, born December 23, 1901.
2. Nellie Bard Shields.
James McKinnie Turner, son of James and Mar- garet (McKinnie) Turner, was born in AVashington
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county, Pa., December 23, 1829. He operates a coal mine on his farm near Blairsville, Indiana county, Pa., and is vice-president of the First National Bank of Blairsville. He is a ruling elder of the Blairsville Presbyterian Church. JMr. Turner was married (1), April 4, 185G, to M. C. Lintner. She was born Sep- tember 1, 1836, and died October 31, 1880. He was married (2), September 27, 1881, to INIrs. Nannie J. Thompson. She died April 9, 1900.
Issue by his first wife :
1. William Lintner Turner, was born October 23, 185T.
2. lola Turner, was born April 4, 1860, and died Decem- ber 27, 1881.
3. Ida May Turner, was ])()rn August 27, 1861.
4. Clara Turner, married A. C. Collins.
5. Margaretta L. Turner, was born Mav 25. 1868.
DESCENDAXTS OF WIEEIAxM BARD
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WIELIAISI BxVKD, second son of Archibald Beard, or Bard, was born June 7, 17'38, and died at Bardstown, Ky., July 31, 1802. He was reared in Hamiltonban township, York, now Adams county, Pa. By deed, dated April 2, 1701, his father conveyed to him a tract of land in "Carroll's Delioht," which was surveyed to Bobert ]Mcl*herson, October 7, 1765. Another conveyance from Archibald to William, dated November 20, 1704, was for a tract of 74 acres of land in Antrim, now Quincy township, Franklin county, near the Seventh Day Baptist plantation, known as the Nunnery. William also owned a tract outside of Carroll's Delight, which he sold to the Rev. John JMcKnight and P^benezer Fin- ley, and removed to the Cinnberland ^"alley. The Quincy tract, which Archibald Bard obtained on a Proprietary warrant, was conveyed by A\^illiam Bard, of Cumberland county, to Richard Bard, of York county, December 21, 1707. After this sale he went to western l*ennsylvania, and finally settled in Ken- tucky.
According to the tradition of the Bard family, of Bardstown, AVilliam Bard first visited Kentucky in 1708. The story is that salt being scarce at Pittsburgh, he proposed to three other men. Brown, E\ ans and Doe, to go down the Ohio vWew on a fiat-boat, to the
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salt licks of Kentucky- l^oe's wife went with them to cook for them. They landed near the site of I^ouisville, and then went to Drennon's creek, twelve miles distant, where they built a cabin preparatory to beginnino" the manufacture of salt. The Does had with tliem an infant six months old. The party had not been many days at the salt licks w^ien they were attacked by a band of Indians. Doe and liis wife were both killed and Brown was se^'erely wounded. Bard killed one Indian with liis own gun, and with the gun of the dead man lie sliot another. These fatalities had the effect of intimidating the Indians, and they retired, leaving Mr. Bard with the wounded man and the helpless babe on his hands. He succored the child by chewing bread, that it might have sustenance. In the meantime, Evans made his way to the riv^er in search of assistance. At midnight of the following night, the wounded man died. Bard then barred up the cabin and taking the child in his arms followed after Evans. He had gone only three miles when he was attacked by wolves. He escaped them by climbing a tree, where he remained until daylight. Resuming his journey, he "soon afterward met JNIr. Evans with a company of men coming to his rescue." The reality of the rescuing party is taken for granted in the tradition, but it is not easily explained, as this was a year before Boone and his companions had made their way from the Yadkin, and before any per- manent settlements had been made in Kentucky.
The Bardstown tradition further asserts that JNIr. Bard and Mr. Evans returned to their homes in A ir- ginia, taking the little girl with them to its relatives;
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that later A\"illiani Bard and his brother, Richard, went to Kentucky and located at Danville; that liichard built a cabin that entitled him to a thousand acres of land, but afterward returned to Pennsyhania; and that William settled where Bardstown now stands. There is no tradition amontJ* tlie descendants of Richard Bard in regard to this early visit to Ken- tucky, but land entries copied by Colonel Durrett, of I^ouis\'ille, and deeds and otlier instruments of writing on record, at Bardstown, Xelson coimty, show his ownership of land adjacent to Bardstown, 1780-88.
A\^hen W^illiam Bard went to Kentucky to settle, or soon afterward, he })uilt a cabin about four miles north of Bardstown and acquired a large tract of land on Buffalo creek. A part of tliis land remained in the possession of some of his descendants until within a few years. There is a family burying ground on the old Bard homestead in which four generations of the Bards are buried. W^illiam Bard and his son, James, were both buried there, but there is no stone to mark the place of sepulture of the pioneer.
The town of Bardstown was laid out by V^^illiam Bard on lands of David Bard. It was named after the latter. The following aimouncement taken from tlie records of the city of 15ardstown, originally called Salem, shows the initial steps toward the erection of Nelson county and the creation of Bardstown as the county seat:
Whereas it appears to many of tlie inhabitants tliat Jefferson county recjuires to be divided, and the new town of Salem central for a County Town. Therefore,
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I propose the following encouragenient for settling it, viz. : Inlots containing one-quarter of an acre with an outlot containing three acres given free, only a cjuit- rent of two silver dollars per vear, or the value thereof in wheat to the Proprietor thereof — a good sufficient title shall be given on demand after David Bard obtains his preemption deed for the same. The whole shall be clear of rent during the disturbance by the present war in these parts; and until the outlots can be properly laid off after the said war. People may clear and occupy as much adjacent land as is necessary for the support of their families, and those getting by lottery the improved lands shall pav the value of the improvements to him that made it. Settlers on these inlots who build a house sixteen feet square and clear off the underbrush shall be deemed to have a right to these lots.
February 11, 1782. Wm. Bard.
Mr. Bard was a sur^'cyor and made the first map of Louisville ill 1770. The orioiiial is in the posses- sion of Col. R. T. Durrett, of Louisville. This map shows that the town lots were disposed of by chance April 24, 1779 — it also contains the initials of those who drew the lots, and shows the position of Bear- grass creek, which Colby's map, the one officially adopted, does not. He drew I^ot No. 21, afterward No. 92. His land entries according to Col. Durrett's record were June 19, 1780, 200 acres as assignee of Samuel Shelton on the south side of Salt river, 20 miles above Frowman's Station, to include an im- provement opposite to a riffle in the river, and a spring near a tree marked W. B. ; and June 23, 1781, on preemption warrant No. 825, for 1,000 acres on Buffalo creek.
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Mr. Bard was married in 1770, to JNlary Kincaid Braxdale, daiigliter of Joseph Kincaid, and widow of John Braxdale, killed by the Indians. She was born in Virginia, October 12, 1755, and died at Bardstown, Ky., November 10, 1825.
Issue :
1. James Bard, of whom piesently.
2. David Bard, of whom presently.
3. Ebenezer Bard, of whom presently.
4. William Bard, of whom presently.
5. Isaac Bard, of whom presently.
Mrs. Bard was a sister of Capt. Joseph Kinc-iid, who was killed at the battle of Blue Liek. The Kincaid family came to America from SterHngshire, Scothmd, and settled in the Cumlierland Valley, in Pennsylva- nia, before going to Virginia and Kentucky. John Kin- caid was a taxable in Middleton township, Cumberland county. Pa., in 1751.
John and Mary Kincaid Braxdale had two children — a son, John Basil Braxdale, and a daughter, Sallie Brax- dale. Mary Bard left her inheritance in ^Madison county, Ky., on which her father lived and died, to her son Isaac Bard.
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TAIMES BARD, son of \Villiam and Mary (Kin- *^ caid) Bard, was born at Bardstown, Ky., Febru- ary 17, 1782, and died May 13, 1846. He served with a troop of horse raised in Nelson county, Ky., in the AVar of 1812. His hfe was spent on tlie old Bard homestead on Buftalo creek, near Bardstown, and he was buried in the family graveyard on the plantation. Mr. Bard was married jNIay 27, 1805, to Martha Adams. She was born in 1782 and died January 8, 1864. They had no children.
David Bard, son of A\'^illiam and JNlary (Kincaid) Bard, was born at Bardstown, Ky., April, 1785, and died in 1818. He inlierited a part of the old Bard homestead on Buffalo creek. He was married (1), October 10, 1810, to P],lizabeth Waters, daughter of William Waters, of Bullitt county, Ky. She died January 17, 1816. The name of his second wife was Margaret.
Issue by his first wife:
1. William ^Vatel•s Bai-d, of whom presently.
2. Marv E. Bard, married Jonathan Rogers, of whom presently.
Issue by his second wife:
1. Martha A. Bard, married Benjamin Kurtz.
Ebenezer Bard, son of A\^illiam and Mary (Kin- caid) Bard, was born at Bardstown, Ky.. October, 1787, and was buried in the old Presbyterian grave-
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yard near l^ardstowji, now in a state of great neglect. The name of liis wife was Nancy.
Issue :
1. Josepli Bard.
2. Ehenezer Bard, was born in 1817, and died September 22, 1829.
3. William Henry Bard, was born November, 1824, and died December 29, 1824.
4. Sarah Rogers Bard, was born Novend)er, 1825, and died April 1, 1829.
.5. Elizabeth Susan Bard, was born March, 1829, and died June 5, 1829.
6. Cvnthia A. Bard.
William Hard, son of AVilliam and Mary (Kin- caid) Bard, was born at Bardstown, Ky., Jidy, 1790, and died at Osceola, Ark. He was engaged exten- sively in business, and lie was collector of the Tentli Collection District of Kentucky. In 1819 he con- veyed all his property, including the house in which he lived in Bardstown, to Philip Read and James and E})enezer Bard. Read was his endorser on a note for $8,750, in the Springfield Branch Bank, James Bard was tlie surety on his official bond, and James and Ebenezer were security on other instruments. He afterward removed to Osceola, Ark., where he remained until his deatli. He was married to Mar- garet Beeler, daughter of Christopher Beeler.
Isaac Bard, son of William and Mary (Kincaid) Bard, was born at Bardstown, Ky., January 18, 1797, and died near Greenville, Ky., June 29, 1878. He was graduated at l^nion College, N. Y., in 1821, but he had entered the Theological Seminary, at l*rince-
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ton, in 1817, and was licensed by the New Bruns- wick Presbytery in 1820. He was, for ten years, pas- tor of the Greenville and JNIt. Pleasant Presbyterian churches, 1823-33, and then retired to his farm, near Greenville, Muhlenberg county, Ky., where the rest of his life was spent. His mother left to him the property, in JMadison county, Ky., that she inherited from her father. JNIr. Bard was married to Matilda. M. Moore.
Issue :
1. Henry Clay Bard, of whom presently.
2. Luther Bard.
3. Lafayette Bard.
4. Verona Bard, married Carroll Larkins.
5. Martha Bard, married Hollowell,
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^S\7^ILLIAI\I WATERS BARD, son of David ^ ^ and Elizabeth (AVaters) Bard, was born at Bardstown, Ky., in 1814, and died October 21, 1885. He was twice niarried. His first wife was /Vdeline JNI. demons, who was born in 1814, and died in 1854. He was niarried secondly to INIattie Davis Jones, a widow.
Issue by his first wife:
1. James H. Ikrd.
2. Aniantha S. Bard, was born in 1839, and died in 1848. Issue by his seeond wife:
1. Wilhani Bard.
2. Chnton Bard.
3. Charles Bard
4. Samuel Bard, died Aun;ust, 1899.
Mary E. Bard, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Waters) Bard, was born at Bardstown, Ky., Septem- ber 4, 1811, and died October 16, 1898. She was married INlay 16, 188;3, to Jonathan Rogers, son of James Rogers, of Bardstown, Ky. He was born at Bardstown, Ky., April 8, 1808, and died November 9, 1868.
Issue :
1. David James Rogers.
2. Charles Bard Rogers.
3. Harrison Rogers, was born Mareh 13, 1841, and died March 16, 184i2.
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4. Antoinette Rogers, was born September 2, 1843, and died July 4, 1844.
5. Sarah Ellen Rogers, married (1) William T. Sansbury, and (2) William Irving Abell.
6. John Henry Rogers,
7. Thompson Rogers.
8. William Richard Rogers.
9. Jonathan Rogers.
10. Edwin Cosby Rogers.
11. Edgar B. Rogers, was born March 4, 1854, and died March 8, 1854.
James Rogers, the father of Jonathan Rogers, was born October, 1774, and died at Bardstown, Ky., March 13, 1843.
Henry Clay Bard, son of Rev. Isaac and Matilda M. (Moore) Bard, was born in 1828, and died August 21, 1900. He was married to Albina Frances Ber- nard, of Baton Rouge, La.
Issue :
1. Lillian Bard, married to Boyd Porter, a merchant at Weathersfield, Texas.
DESCENDANTS OF DAVID HAKD
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T^AA^ID HARD, son of Archil)ald Beard, or -'^ Bard, was born on Carroll's Delight, ^Vdanis county. Pa., in 1744, and died at Alexandria, Hunt- ingdon county. Pa., March 12, 181.5, He was gradu- ated at Princeton College, in 177'3. He was licensed by the Pres})ytery of Donegal, probably in the spring of the year 1777. as he was. in tlie fall of tliat year, reported by the Presbytery to Synod, as a licen- tiate. At the meeting of the Pres})ytery, held iVpril 17, 1778, he announced his intention of taking a chaplaincy in the army, but in June following de- clared his change of mind. In October, of 1778, he received, through the Presl)ytery, a call to the (ireat Cove, in \ iro'inia, and was ordained, June KK 177i>, with a view to this field, as we suppose. He supplied this congregation for one year, when he recei\'cd and accepted a call to the united congregations of Ivit- tochtin and (ium Spring, also in \ irginia. Tlie salary promised was to l)e paid, at least in part, in wheat, rye and corn. In 1782 he applied to l)e released from this charge. From this time until 178(>, it is not known how he was employed, but it is })]-obal)le that he was in Kentucky, as in that year he is mentioned in the proposals of his brother W^illiam Bard for laying out the town of Bardstown, of the site of which he had ol)tained a preemption. In 178(i. he received a call
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to Bedford, l^i., wliere he remained until 1789. It was evidently Mr. Bards intention to remain at Bed- ford, for two or three years before his removal he purchased two outlots of the town of Bedford, in the IVlanor of Bedford, from Jolin Penn and John Penn, Jr., of the eity of Philadelphia. The lots were Xos. 22 and 23, and the consideration was ^42, Pennsyl- vania currency. The deed was dated September 12, 1786. In 1789, he made application to the Presby- tery of Carlisle, to be dismissed to the Presbytery of Transylvania, Kentucky, but in June, 1790, he re- turned the certificate of dismission, and at the same time accepted a call to Frankstown congregation, and as stated supply of Sinking ^^alley. In 1788, before leaving Bedford, he was the owner of lot 10, in Hol- lidaysburg. The congregations of ^Villiamsport, Md., and Falling Waters, \^a., called him in 1791, but he did not accept. In 1799, after serving the congrega tion at Frankstown for ten years, the relation was dissolved, at his own request, with the reluctant con- sent of his conoTeii'ation. He seems, however, to have retained the charge at Sinking \^alley.
Tlie Rev. Dr. I). X. Junkin, in a historical dis- course delivered at Hollidaysburg, INIarch 25, 1800, said he was elected to Congress the next year after his arrival, the first Congress under the Constitution, and was elected continuously for twenty-two years. This is evidently a mistake. The Rev. Mr. Bard was first elected to Congress in 1794, and he was re- elected in 1796, serving two terms, 1795-99. The Representati\'es in tlie First Congress, from I'ennsyl- vania, were chosen on a o-eneral ticket. Amou"' the
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eight members of tlie House, 17^>J>-01, only two lived west of the Susquehaniui, Colonel Thomas Hartley, of York, and Thomas Scott, of Washin^^ton county. The first apportionment of the state into Congress districts was under an ^Vct of the Legislature, ap- proved JNIarch KK 17i>l. If^nder this apportionment, the Sixth District, which comprised the counties of Bedford, Northumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon and jMifflin, was re])resented in the Second and Third Congresses, 171)l-0o, by Andrew Gregg. A second apportionment quickly followed the first, under an Act of the Legislature, passed April 22, 1794. Un- der this apportionment, the Tenth district comprised the counties of J5edford, Franklin and Huntingdon. This district was represented in the Fourth and Fifth Congresses, 17I).5-1)1), by the Rev. David Bard, of Sinking \ alley, and in the Sixth and Seventh Con- gresses, 171H)-1S();3, by Henry Woods, of Bedford. In 1802, the state was again redistricted, the counties of Cumberland, Huntingdon. Dauphin and Mifflin becoming the Fourth District, w^ith two representa- tives, of whom JMr. Bard was one, 18().*}-1.*}. Under the apportiomnent of 1812, the counties of Hunting- don, Mifflin, Centre, Clearfield and INIcIvean became the Ninth District, which Mr. Bard represented for one term, 181. '3- 15.
There seems to have been some dispute over the I'egularity of Mr. Bard's election to the Fourth Con- gress. His credentials were referred to the Committee of Elections, which reported iMarch 18, 17J)(;. The general election law prescribed that one of the judges of each of the counties composing the district should
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meet at a place called the Burnt Cabins, in the county of Bedford, to estimate the vote. - It was shown that there was some delay in counting the election returns, as directed by the law, but the judges finally met at the Burnt Cabins, and counted the votes. According to their report, David Baird received 1,800 votes, James McClain, 1,090 votes, and James Chambers, 510 \otes. The committee re- ported that the elections appeared to have been reg- ularly held in the several comities comprising the district, and JNIr. Bard was gi\'en his seat. It ^^'ill be observed that in tlie report of the committee the name of David Bard was spelled Baird. and that of James McLene, McClain. James McLene and James Chambers were both of Franklin county.
In the annals of Congress jNIr. Bard is shown to have addressed the House, February 14, 1804, on the question of the importation of shnes into the Ignited States. The discussion was on a motion offered by JNIr. Bard which was taken into consideration in com- mittee of the whole:
Resolved, That a tax of ten dollars be imposed on every slave imported into any part of the United States. (On motion of Mr. Jackson, it was agreed to add after the words •• Ignited States" ''or their terri- tories.")
Mr. Bard: . . . As to the constitutionality of the niea.s- ure I believe there can be but one opinion. It is pretty well understood that the I'nion ol' the States was a matter of coniproniise ; and indeed the languao;e of the Constitution suoo-ests the idea that the convention that formed that instrument must have had the emancipa-
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tion of ^ilaves iindei' their consiik'i'ation ; that thfv had achieved hljertv and that their objeet was to transinit it to posterity; and we eannot [)erniit ourselves to sup- pose that men whose minds were so enriehed with Hberal sentiments and who liad so often reiterated tlie sacred truth "that all men were born e{|ually free'' — I sav we cannot su])pose that thev would consider slavery to be a subject unworthy theii- discussion. And it appears to be equally suggested that the convention were not all agreed to an absolute ])rohibition of the slave trade, but yielded so far that a duty or tax might be imposed on the future importation of that description of people. The (|uestion then is only on the ])olic\- of laving the tax; and it appears that there can be no doubt on this question . . . and if my information is convct, a slave will bring four hundred dollars, the tax is but 2.1 per cent which is in manv degrees lower than any other im- ported article pays. . . . H()we\ er, if any of the States en";at);e in the ti'ade, the tax will have two effects; it will add something to the revenue and it will show to the world that the general goNerinnent are oj)pose(l to slavery and are willing to improxe their power so far as it will go for })reventing it. Both these ends are valu- able; but I deem the latter to be the moiv iin[)oi'tant, for we owe it inchspensablv to oursehes and to the world whose eyes ai'e on this govermnent to maintain its Republican character. Kvervthing c()m})ared to a good name is "trash ;'" and it rests with us whether we will preserve or desti'oy it. If our government will respect power only, and justifv whatever it may be able to do, then will oui- hands l)e against every man, and every man's hand against us; and Americans will become the scorn of mankind. On what j)rinciples, whether moral or political, I do not know, but so it was, that
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about the clo^ie of the Revokitionarv War, the Quaker Society in Soutli CaroHua !)rou<>;ht tlie slave trade, or perhaps slavery itself, under their serious consideration and decreed it to be unjustifiable. That afterwards, in 1796 or 1797, they addressed Congress on the subject. . . . Some years ago the States, even those in which slaves abound most, loudly exclaimed against the further imjjortation of that class of people, and by their laws pro- hibited their traffic. ... In 1802 Congress stretched out her arm to aid the State goverinnents against the evil it nuich deprecated, and passed a law inflicting fines and forfeitiu'es on every man who should be foimd importing slaves into the United States. . . . To im- port slaves is to import enemies into our country, it is to import men who must be our natural enemies, if such there can l)e. . . . Gentlemen tell us, although I can hardly think them serious, that the people of this class can never systematize a rebellion. . . . The rigor of the law and the importation of the slaves will mutually increase each other, until the artifices of the one are exhausted, and until on the other hand human nature sinks under its wrongs or obtains the restoration of its rights.
The negroes . . . are present on numerous occasions when the conversation turns on political subjects. . . . They will some day, especially if their importation con- tinues, [)roduce a distin-bance that may not be easily quieted or kindle a flame that ma-, not be readily extinguished. . . . European j)ower.s have armed the Indians against us, and why may they not arm the negroes.
Tlie subject was debated at lengtli and also on tlie following day the House had a long and heated con- test over the resolution, an attempt being made to
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postpone a consideration of the matter until the first JNIonday in May. The motion to postpone was de- feated— yeas 54, nays 62, whereupon a vote on the resolution was had, whicli resulted in its carrying, yeas 71. In Congress Mr. Bard never aspired to he an orator, and his only noteworthy speech in the House during his long ser\ ice was that directed against the slave trade.
If Dr. Junkin was correct in saying that INlr. Bard was first elected a member of Congress the next year after liis arrival at Hollidayshm'g, he must have set- tled at that place in 179'3. It is more likely, how- ever, that he went there, or to Frankstown, in the year that he became a lot owner, 1788, or soon after,- ward, when it is said he organized the Presbyterian congregation at HoUidaysbin-g and began preaching there and at Sinking Valley and A\^illiamsburg. ^Vfter his election to Congress in 1802, he retained his pas- torates, which did not then include either Frankstown or HoUidaysbiu'g, serving in the National Legislature in the winter months, and preaching in the summer. ^^^hile disclaiming any knowledge of the effect of his political life upon his spirituality and success as a min- ister, one of his successors in tlie Bedford congreoation, the Rev. Robert F. Sample, expressed regret tliat Mr. Bard did not devote all his time to the work of tlie ministry, for which he was so specially adapted. It is said that as a minister he was possessed of popular talents and was acceptable as a preacher where\'er he was lieard. ^Vs liis salary from the tliree Blair county congregations was only si 00 per annum, it can scarcely be claimed that he was in any way derelict
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in his duty in preticliint>' to his people only in the summer months. One thing appears from the Pres- bytery's records, that no mem})er of the Presbytery of Himtingdon was so frequently absent from the meetino's of church courts. Indeed, at one time, he was cited before the Presbytery to answer for frequent and continued absences. He satisfied Presbytery by tlie reasons which he gave, and no doubt, among these reasons was the necessity of attending the ses- sions of Congress. It is proba})le that for a number of years he made his home at Frankstown, but at the time of his death he was living in Sinking \ alley, where he owned a tine farm.
Mr. Bard always evinced a strong interest in the ownership of the soil. Besides the lots that he pur- chased in Bedford and Hollidaysburg, and his farm in Sinking Valley, lie preempted lands in Kentucky with his brothers, Ricliard and A\ illiani, and obtained a patent for the site of Bardstown.
After the adjournment of Congress, at the expira- tion of his last term, INIr. Bard started to return to his home, and passed tlu'ough Huntingdon on the Thiu'sday preceding his death, apparently in good health. When he reached the house of his son-in- law. Dr. John E. Buchanan, at Alexandria, he was found to be very ill. He arrived at Dr. Buchanan's house late at night. A messenger was at once dis- patched for his wife. She reached his bedside on the following morning, but he was then unable to speak and died a few hours later. He was buried in the cemetery at Arch Spring, in Sinking ^^alley, where his wife also rests by his side.
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Mr. Bard was inarried to Elizabetli Dienier, prob- ably a native of I^eesburg, Ya. She was born in 175*2, and died in 1824.
Issue :
1. Richard Bard, of whom presently.
2. Diemer Bard, of whom presently.
3. Mary Bard, married Thomas Stewart, of whom presently.
4. Rachel Bard, married Dr. John E. Buchanan, of whom presently.
5. Catharine Bard, married John Wilson, of whom presently.
6. Sarah Bard, died unmarried, in 1829.
II
"OICHARD BARD, son of Rev. David and -'-^ YAiziiheth (Diemer) Bard, was born at Frederick, Md., in 1777, and died at Le Claire, Iowa, January 16, 18.59. He settled in Allegheny township, Hunt- ingdon, now Blair county. Pa., after his marriage. He was a justice of the peace in 1820, and served as one of the township auditors, 1825-26. Later he removed to Iowa, and settled at Le Claire. INIr. Bard was married at JNIercersburg, Pa., June »3, 1806, to his cousin once removed. Elizabeth Bard Dunlap, daugh- ter of James and Mary (Bard) Dunlap. She was born in 1783, and died February 14, 1866.
Issue :
1. James Bard, went west as a young man.
2. David Bard, died unmarried at Baltimore.
3. Richard Bard, drowned, aged three years.
4. William Bard, of whom presently.
5. Harrison Bard, of whom presently.
6. Richard Bard, of whom presently.
7. John D. Bard, killed in California in the early 'fifties.
8. Mary Bard, died at l-e Claire, Iowa. She married John McDowell; they had issue.
9. Eliza Jean Bard, married Stewart M. Campbell, of whom presently.
10. Catharine Foe Bard, was born Noyember 15, 1819, and lives at Davenport, Iowa.
Mary Bard Dunla}), the mother of Elizabeth Bard Dunla}), was a daughter of Richard Bard, Esq., the eldest brother of the Rev. David Bard. See "Decend- ants of Richard Bard.''
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Dieiiier Bard, son of Rev. David and Elizabeth (Diemer) Bard, li\ed in Allegheny township, Hunt- ingdon, now Blair county, l*a., of which he was con- stable in 1813. It was in a time when the office of constable was, in a measure, obligatory, and a fine of forty dollars was frequently imposed for refusal to serve. In 1812, (reorge Faulkner was fined for refus- ing to accept the office in Allegheny township, and William Simonton was next fined for refusal in 1816. Mr. Bard removed to Indiana county, as is shown by the fact that he was a witness to the will of JNIargaret Findley, of Wheatfield township, in 1811). Later he went to JNIissouri or Louisiana. He was married March 9, 1811, to Fanny Lowrey, daughter of Lazarus and — (Holliday) Lowrey, of Franks- town township, Blair county. Pa.
Issue :
1. Lowiev Bard.
Lazarus Lowrey was a grandson of l^azarus Lowrey, the Indian trader, of Donegal, Lancaster county. Pa., and a son of either James or Joseph Lowrey, who settled on the -luniata in 1759. He went to the Holliday settle- ment, now Hollidaysburg, before the Revolution, where he bought a part of the Adam Holliday tract. He was engaged in mercantile husiness in Frankstown in 1790; and in 1800 he owned a grist mill and saw mill. He filled all the offices of Frankstown township, being con- stable in 1790, overseer of the })oor in 1791, and supervisor in 1795.
INIary Bard, daughter of Rev, Da^'id and Eliza- beth (Diemer) Bard, was born in 1780, and died at New Castle, Pa., aged more than ninety years. She
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was married JMarch 20, 1817, to Thomas Stewart, son of Robert and Margaret (Edie) Stewart, of Sinking Valley. He removed to Mercer county, Pa., and later to the neigliborhood of Steubenville. O.
Issue :
1. David Bard Stewart, died unmarried, at Youngstown, Ohio.
2. Margaret Edie Stewart, (hed unmarried.
3. Eliza Stewart, married David Gill; they had no children.
4. Rachel Ann Stewart, died unmarried.
It is believed that Robert Stewart, the father of Thomas, was a grandson of Da\ id Stewart, an early settler on Marsh Creek, in what is now Adams county. Pa., who died in 1741, and was bin'ied in the Lower Alarsh Creek Presbyterian gra\'eyard. Robert Stewart was born in 1749, and died in 1828. He emigrated from Adams county. Pa., to Tyrone township, Blair county, after the llevolution, and became the owner of 345 acres of land, in Sinking \ alley, in 1794. This large tract was afterward divided into two farms. On the homestead farm a substantial stone mansion was built in 1801, that is still standing. Mi'. Stewart was married to Margaret Edie, who died in 1841. Their children were: Nancy, mai-ried James Morrow ; ^Margaret, married James Wilson, with whom she removed to Clarion county; Ann, married Samuel Russell; Sarah, married James Mitchell ; Mary, married William McCormick ; Thomas, James, Samuel and Robert. Nancy Stewart, daughter of Robert and Margaret (Edie) Stewart, was born in 1787, and died in 1870. Her husband, James Morrow, son of Robert Morrow, of Sinking Valley, was born in 1785, and died in 1841. Their children were Robert, James, John, William,
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Rolland, Margaret, married -John M. Tussey; Rebecca,
married R()l)ert Dean; Marv A., married ■
Sharer; Sarah, married David P. Tussey; and Nancy, married Henrv Canan. Ann Stewart, sister of Nancy, died about 1849, and her husband, Samuel Russell, in 1837. Their children were James, Edwin, Sanuiel, Thomas, Alargaret, married Armstrong Crawfoi-d; Elizabeth, married James Templeton; Jane, mai'ried John Gourley; and Nancy (Mrs. McNiel). James Stewart, son of Robert and ]\Iai-g'aret (Edie) Stewai-t, was born in 1786, and died April 26, 1851. Rv his first marriage he had a son, James E. Stewart, who was born in 1830. Robert Stewart, l)rother of James, was married February 25, 1827, to Nancv Hagertv. Their children were Mai-gaix't. Marv Jane, Sarah Ann, Sanuiel Edie, Louisa, Ellen, Eli/abeth, and John.
Rnc'iiel Bard, djiuojiter of Re\'. David and Eliza- beth (Diemer) Bard, was married to John E. Bu- chanan, son of (Teorii'e Buelianan, of Alexandria, Huntingdon county. Pa. He died October '2H, 1824. He was a ])]iysician. He was practicing liis profession in Frankstown township and villaoe. now in Bhiir county. Pa., in 1810. but soon afterward he returned to Alexandria, his native town, where he continued in practice until his deatli.
Issue:
1. Aima liuchanan.
2. Eliza Ruchanan.
3. John Ruchanan, of whom presently.
4. David Buchanan.
5. Marv Ruchanan.
6. Sarah Ruch;inan.
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7. Rachel Biicbaiiaii.
8. Catharine Buclianan.
Dr. Buchanan''s father, George Buchanan, was an early settler in Porter township, Huntingdon county. Pa. He had two sons, John E. and Matthew. Matthew Buchanan was a silversmith, at Alexandria, Pa. He was married Noveml^er 3, 1808, to Susan Moore.
Catharine Bard, daiigliter of Rev. David and Elizabeth (Diemer) Bard, was married June 11, 1817, to John AVilson, a son of Tlionias Wilson, of Sinking Valley, Blair county. Pa. He was a tanner, and con- ducted a tannery at Laurelville, near Tyrone, Pa., for more than a quarter of a century, 1815-42. He was postmaster of Sinking ^ alley, and he was a member of tlie first Board of School Directors, of Tyrone townsliip. chosen in 1885. In 1842, he sold his tannery to Henry McMullen, and removed to jNIercer county.
Thomas Wilson, who was born in 1763, and died in 1844, went from Adams county, Pa., to Sinking Valley, among the early settlers of Tyrone township, Blair county. Pa., where he owned 312 acres of land. He was a supervisor of roads, of Tvrone township, then in Huntingdon county, in 1793. His sons were Charles, Thomas, John, James, Robert, and William.
Ill
WIIJJAM BARD, son of Ricliard and Eliza- beth Bard (Dunlap) l^ard, was born at Holli- daysburg. Pa., ^VufJ'ust 25, 1811, and died February 23, 1890. He settled at Curwensville, Clearfield eounty. Pa., where lie died. INIr. Bard was married April 23, 1837, to Susan Patton, daughter of John and Susanna (Antes) Patton. Slie was born in Centre eounty. Pa., June 17, 181,5, and died Septem- ber 15, 1890.
Issue :
1. Itichard James Bard, was born Januarv 20, 1838, and died uinnarried, February 26, 1902. He enlisted in Company K, ■12nd Rei);iment, "Buektails,"'' Pennsylvania Volunteers, May 29, 1861 ; discharged on surgeon's eertificate, November 20, 1861. He went to Bradford, McKean eounty. Pa., where he died.
2. John I'atton Bard, of whom presently.
3. Maria Jane Bard, was born September 11, 1841, and died March 17, 1878. She married Joseph U. Irvin, son of Elias and Hannah Irvin; they had no children.
4. William Irvin Bard, of whom presently.
5. Mary Frances Baid, was born July 12, 1846, and died August 24, 1881. She married Edward Livingstone (deceased), son of Daniel; they had no children.
6. Susanna Bard, was born ^larch 30, 1848, and died at Cincinnati, on board the steandjoat "Citizen,"'' July 7, 1849.
7. Westanna Bard, was Ijorn June 5, 1852; is umnarried.
8. Catharine Elizabeth Bard, married Joseph R. Irvin, of whom ])resentlv.
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9. Honoia Foley Bard, married Frank Fowler, of whom presently.
10. Harry Dorsey Bard, was born September 14, 185T, and died November 8, 1857.
11. Nannie Beck Bard, married ]Moses Arthur Norris, of whom presently.
]Mrs. Bard's grandfather. Col. John Patton, was born in Sligo, Ireland, in 174"5, and died in Pennsyhania in 1804. He was a Revolutionary soldier. He was com- missioned major of the 2d battalion, of Colonel Miles' Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, March 13, 1776; became major of the 9th Regt., Pa. Line, October 25, 1776, and colonel of one of the sixteen additional Continental Regiments, January 11, 1777. He resigned February !3, 1778. He became a major-general of the Pennsylvania Militia, April 15, 1800. Colonel Patton was married to Jane Davis, a sister of Capt. Benjamin and Capt. Jose])h Davis. She died in 1832. Their c-hildren were Rachel, William, John, Frances, Benjamin, Joseph, Edward, Ann, Jane, Samuel and Ellen. Rachel Patton was born May 9, 1779. She married John Ross, a Scotchman, who was a lawyer. ^Villiam Patton was born August 8, 1781, and died at Wellsboro, Pa. He was mai-ried to Henrietta Anthony. Sanuiel Patton was married to Mary Harris, daughter of John Harris, of Bellefonte.
Mrs. Bard's father, John Patton, son of Col. John and Jane (Davis) Patton, was born February 8, 1783, and died February 2, 1848. He laid out the town of Pat- tonville, now Pinegrove, in 1815. He removed to Tioga county. Pa., in 1817, of which he was prothonotary, but returned to Milesburg in 1825, and settled in Clear- field county in 1827, of which he was an associate judge. As a vounir man he ser\ed as a lieutenant in the U. S.
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navy under Connuodore Decatur. Jud^e Patton was married to Susanna Antes, and had a son John, and a daufijhter Susan (Mrs. Rard).
Mrs. Bard's brother, John Patton, was l^orn in Tioga county, Pa., Jainiary 6, 1S!23. He was a Re})resentative in Congress, 18(n 67, and was again elected in 1886. He was a delegate to the Re})ublican National Conven- tion of I860. For many years he was president of the National Bank of Curwensville, Pa. Mr. Patton was married (1), June 17, 1847, to Catharine M. Cunes, daughter of Alexander Cunes, of Hollidaysburg, Pa. She died November '2H, 1855. He was married ('2), June 18, 1858, to Honora Jane Foley, daughter of William C. Foley. Bv his first marriage he had three sons and one daughter, and l)y his second marriage five sons and three daughters.
John Patton, son of John and Catharine M. (Cunes) Patton, was boi'n at Curwensville, Pa., October 30, 1850, and died at Grand Rapids, Mich., May 24, 1907. He was graduated at Vale College in 1875, and after a course in the Coknnbia University Law School, he entered upon the })ractice of his profession at Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1878. He took high rank in his pro- fession, and was LInited States Senator fi-om Michigan at the time of his death. Harrison Bard, son of Richard and Elizabeth Bard (Dunhip) Bard, was born at HoUidaysburg, Pa., No- vember 8, 1818, and died at Bradford, 111., May 24, 1900. He was married June 80, 1847, to Mary Jane Adams, of Kentucky. She was born March 18, 1825, and died July 22, 1894.
Issue :
1. John Bard, of whom presently.
2. Sarah Jane Bard, was born February ^1, 1854. She
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was luari-ied December 13, 1874, to James Samuel Chenoweth, of Bradford, 111. He was born February 28, 1851.
'3. Richard Bard, was born at Franklin, O., September 12, 1856, and died in 1900. He served in the civil war.
4. Douglas Bard, of whom presentlv.
Richard Bard, son of Richard and Elizabeth Bard (Dunlap) Bard, was born June 5, 1819, and died October 12, 1900. He kept a hotel at Le Claire, la., where he died. He was married July 8, 1857, to Ph(Fbe Livingston, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (Smith) Livingston. She was born INlay 17, 1835, and died March 21, 1895.
Issue :
1. Elizabeth Bard, was born August 7, 1859. She was married December 7, 1882, to Walter A. Blair, son of Andrew and Margaret (Henry) Blair. He was born November 17, 1856. He is a steamboat owner at Davenport, la. Walter and Eliza- beth Blair had issue: Paul, born January 6, 1886, died Novem- ber 24, 1898; George AValter, born Octol)er 7, 1887; Gertrude Helen, born December 5, 1891; and Bard Burdeth, born July 4, 1894.
2. Adele Douglas Bard, was born January 4, 1862. She was married December 7, 1882, to John Laycock, living at Denver, Col.
;3. John Livingston Bard, was born December 27, 1864. He lives at La Salle, 111. He was married February 19, 1897, to Pearl E. Shultz, daughter of John A. and Ella A. Shultz. She was born December 6, 1868. They have issue: John An- drew, born January 23, 1898, and Joseph Richard, born September 28, 1900.
4. Famiie Lee Bard, was born April 8, 1866. She was married September 12, 1897, to John Dunlap, son of Joseph Irwin and Martha Dunlap. He was born November 15, 1868.
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They have issue- Fannie Louise, born Autfust iiO, 1898. (See "Descendants of Richard Bard/')
5. Phoebe Annetta Bard, was born September '30, 1868, and died May 24, 1888.
6. Zilpah Helen Bard, was born April 15, 1871.
7. Richard Irwin Bard, was born April 21, 1874, and died September 9, 1897.
ElizM Jane Bard, daughter of Ricliard and Eliza- beth Bard (Dunlap) 15ard, died September 28, 1854. She was married November 4, 1888, to Stewart Marks Campbell, son of John and Esther (Marks) Camp- bell, natives of Ireland. He was born in Armagh, Ireland, in 1814, and died in Kansas, July 10, 1888. He was brought to ^Vmerica by his parents when he was only four years old, and taken to Clearfield, Clearfield county. Pa., where he was educated and was living at the time of his marriage. \Vith his family he removed to Iowa, hmding at I^e Claire, Scott county, June 6, 1848. He settled on a farm in Le Claire township, building a sod house, in which he lived for a few years, imtil he was able to burn Inick and build a more substantial dwelling. He was an officer in the civil war.
Issue :
1. (Child), was born at Clearfield, Pa., in 1840, and died in infancy.
2. Esther E. Campbell, was married (1) to Drake,
and (2) to Francis Murphy, of whom presently.
3. Mary Catharine Campl)ell, married Jolin P. Moore, of whom pi'esently.
4. Martha Jane Campbell, married Thomas Wise, of whom presently.
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5. David Bard Cani])bell, was born June 14, 1849, and died October 3, 1865.
6. Harrison Bard Campbell, was born April 29, 1851. He removed to Kansas. He went out with a party against a band of Indians that had come from the Indian Territory; nothing- was heard of him afterward.
John Campbell, the father of Stewart M. Campbell, was a native of Armagh, Ireland, of Scotch extraction. His wife, Esther Marks, was of Huguenot origin. Her people came to Belfast, Ireland, from France at the time of the massacre of St. Bartholomew. The family name was De Marks, but the De was dropped upon the settlement in Ireland. John Campbell was boi"n in 1790, and died at Le Claire, la. His wife, Esther, died April 13, 1851 . The parents of AVilliam Cody, "Buffalo Bill,""' lived on a neighboring farm in Le Claire town- ship, and Mrs. Cam})bell washed and dressed the famous scout when he came into the world.
Jolin Buchanan, son of Dr. John E. and Rachel (Bard) Buchanan, died in 1847. He lived in Wash- ington township, Indiana county, Pa., wiiere he died.
Issue :
1. James Buchanan.
2. John Buchanan.
3. Jose})h Buchanan, maiTied and had a daughter, Mary Ann.
4. Jane Buchanan.
5. (Daughter), married Roi)ert Getty Craig.
IV
JOHN TATTON HARD, son of William and ^ Susan (I'atton) Bard, was born at Curvvensville, Pa., May :3(), 18:31), and died November 5, 181)8. He enlisted in Company K, 42nd Ret^iment, "Buektails," Pennsylvania \'olunteers. May 29, 18(>1. He was promoted from sergeant to first lieutenant, Mareh 17. 18()8, and mustered out, June 11, 18(>4, Lieutenant Bard reeeived the rank of brevet eaptain, March 13, 18(),5. After the civil war he settled in Elk county. Pa., but later removed to Curwensville. Captain Bard was married November 3, 1807, to Louise K. Morgan, daughter of \\'illian» and Sara Morgan, of Clearfield, Pa.
Issue :
1. Sue Ella Bard, was horn at Benezet, Klk count v. Pa., April ^5, 1868. She was niai-ried July 4, 189^, to Charles Kini;, and had nine chilch'en: Charles Frederick, Alai'v Wini- fred, Joseph Irvin, ^Iari»;uerite Louise, John P. Bard, Charles A., twin brother of fJohn P. li.. Clarence, Sara, and Alice L. Bard.
!2. Charles I'Vederick Bard, was born in Curwensville, Pa., September 9, 1870, and lives at Buffalo, N. \. He was married July 14, 1904, to Fidna Klai-e, and has a son, Richard Klare, born April 26, 1905.
'3. Alice Louise Bard, was born at Cui'wens\ ille. Pa., Novemljer 21, 1<S72, and was married at Philipsl)urii, Pa., Septenil)er 12, 190.5, to Dr. Charles M. Dulin, sui-oeon, C. S. A. He is servino' in the P]iilip])ines.
4. Frances Genevieve Bard, was born at Curwensville, Pa.,
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February 26, 1876, and was married February 25, 1901, to
John Barnes; they have a son, Joseph Bard, born June 5, 1902.
5. Richard Morgan Bard, was born P'ebruarv, 26, 1<S8!3.
William Irvin Bard, son of ^Villiam and Susan (Patton) Bard, was born January 21, 1844. He en- listed in Company B, 98tli Regiment, Pennsylvania A'olunteers, INIarch 9, 1865. iNIr. Bard was married January 17, 187*2, to Bessie Irvin, daughter of John and Eliza (Lee) Irvin, of Curwensville. Pa.
Issue :
1. Joseph R. Bard, was born May 9, 1874, and died August 15, 1874.
2. Wilhani Walter Bard, was l)()rn November 23, 1878.
3. Katharine Virginia Bard, was born May, 8, 1880.
4. James Donald Bard, was born September 22, 1882.
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Catharine Klizabetli Bard, daughter of AVilliam and Susan (Patton) Bard, was born September 21, 1852. She was married June 16, 1880, to Joseph R. Irvin, son of Ellis and Hannah Irvin, of Lick Run, Clearfield county. Pa. She was liis second wife, his first wife being her sister, Maria Jane Bard.
Issue :
1. Wilhani Elhs Irvin, was born May 17, 1881, and died March 17, 1895.
2. Joseph Bard Irvin, was born July 13, 1883.
3. Francis Carroll Irvin, was born August 28, 1885.
Honora Foley Bard, daugliter of William and Susan (Patton) Bard, was born March 10, 1855. She was married September 24, 1879, to Frank G. Fowler, son of James JNlunroe and Susan E. Fowler, of Xew York. He was born in 1856.
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Issue :
1. ^Valtel• Monroe Fowler, was born at Curwensville, Pa., November 15, 1880, and lives at \ erona, Pa. He was married July I, 1900, to Celia Adams, and has a dau<^hter, Marv, born May 14, 1904.
2. William Bard Fowler, was born February 23, 1882.
3. Chester Patton Fowler, was born November, 23, 1882.
4. Frances Fowler, was born Mav, 1885, and died March 13, 1888.
5. Nora Catharine Fowler, was Ijorn March 18, 1888.
6. Joseph Irvin Fowler, was born Julv 14, 1890.
7. James Fowler, was born March 7, 1893.
8. Arthur Norris Fowler, was born March 3, 1895.
9. Edward Clare Fowler, was born March 16, 1899.
Nannie Beck Bard, daughter of \A^ilIiani and Susan (Patton) 15ard, was born May 8, 18.59. She was married June 16, 1884, to Moses Arthur Xorris, of AVoburn, Mass.
Issue:
1. Susan Mary Norris, was l^orn September 8, 1885.
2. Anna Catharine Norris, was born March 27, 1888.
Jolm Bard, son of Harrison and JVIary Jane (Adams) Bard, was born June 11, 1848. He was a soldier of the civil war and participated in (general Sherman's "March to the Sea." He enlisted in tlie 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, September 2, 1864, and was discharged at AVasliington, D. C, June 11, 186.5. He lives at Brooklyn, Iowa. Mr. Bard was married September 20, 1868, to Ellen .1. Harrigan, daughter of Thomas and Sarali Ann Harrigan.
Issue :
1. Cora E. Bard, was born March 12, 1870, and died November 27, 1895.
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^. Ralph W. Bard, was born September 27, 1871, an(i died September 20, 1872.
3. \. R. Bard, was born August 6, 187'5, and was married February 23, 1893, to Dollie Bolen.
4. Grace D. Bard, was born October 2, 1875, and was married February 24, 1894, to Neil J. Smith.
5. Francis Bard, was born October 28, 1877.
6. Mabel Bard, was born December 24, 1879, and was married December 25, 1896, to John Kraft.
7. Lulu R. Bard, was born February 18, 1881, and was married February 18, 1902, to Frederick Groff".
8. Pansy (t. Bard, was born August 17, 1887.
Douglas Hard, son of Harrison and Mary Jane (Adams) Bard, was born at Franklin, AVarren county, Ohio, April 1.5. 1858. He went to Brooklyn, Iowa, with his parents, in 1866, and settled at Wolsey, S. D., in 1884. Mr. Byrd was married March 16, 1884, to Ennna C. Kreps. of Brooklyn, Iowa. She was born in 1855, and was killed by lightning, August 28, 1905.
Issue :
1. Charles D. Bard, was born in 1885.
2. Richard R. Bard, was born in 1893.
3. Dayid A. Baixl, was born in 1897.
Esther H Campbell, djfughter of Stewart M. and Eliza Jane (Bard) Campbell, was born at Clear- field, Pa., March 1.*}, 1842. She was married (1), to
Drake, who died in Iowa. She was married
(2), to Francis ^Im-phy. a native of Xova Scotia, who was a ranchman, but is now living in retirement at Uock Island, 111.
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Issue, by first marriage:
1. Francis E. Drake, is a skilled mechanic in U. S. Govern- ment employ at Rock Island, 111. He has perfected a number of useful inventions.
Mary Catharine Campbell, daughter of Stewart M. and Eliza Jane (Bard) Campbell, was born in the sod house near Le Claire, la., July 15, 184-3. She was married to John P. Moore. He was born March 29, 1846, and died May 15. 1897. He was engaged in the real estate business at Panama, la. He was of a literary and artistic turn of mind, being a regular contributor to "The Dollar Newspaper," published at Philadelphia, and also to "(iodey's Magazine." He also took great interest in the study of tlie violin, and had mucli a})ility in that direction.
Issue:
1. Mabel Po|)e Moore, was born November 9, 1870, and was married April 4, 1894, to Abel Sherman Ben-y, son of the Rev. A. P. and Harriet (Dickinson) Berrv. He was born April i27, 18()(). The elder Beri'v was a pioneer Baptist minister of Kentucky, and a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, who removed to Iowa in the earlv davs, and was recognized as an orator of unusual force. The younger Berrv was a nati\e of Iowa. He studied pharmacy and chemistry, and is recognized as one of the leading pharmacists of the state. He lives at Panama, la., and takes an active part in loc-al [)()litics. They have a son. Bard Sherman, born Api'il 14, 1897.
!2. I'diza Bard Moore, was born November 1 !), 187'3, and was married A))ril 9, 190!2, to Dr. Charles Frederick liau- meister, son of Max and Antione (Oedl) Baumeister, of German birth. He was born October 2, 1872. Mr. Baumeister was graduated M. 1)., in 1894, after which he spent a number of
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years in the best schools ot Europe, and is recognized as a man of abihty in his profession. They have no children.
3. PVederick H. Moore, was born June 1, 1875. He was carefully educated along theological lines under the supervision of his great aunt, Catharine Poe Bard, but, after completing his studies, he decided upon a business career, and fitted himself for mercantile pursuits. He is a merchant at Wiota, la., where he is prominent in fraternal circles and takes an active interest in ])olitics. He was married February 18, 1898, to Edna Percy Boyles, daughter of Dr. Bovles. She was born October 22, 1880. They have two daughters, Catharine Poe, born July 11, 1899, and Evelyn Mabel, born December 5, 1901.
4. Mary Moore, was })orn June 5, 1877, and was married August 4, 1904, to Walter E. Frederickson. He was born August 22, 1881, and was graduated in pharmacy and chemis- try at the Northwestern University, Chicago, in 1902, and is engaged in the drug business at Dolliver, la. They have no children.
Martha Jane Campbell, daughter of Stewart INI. and Eliza Jane (Bard) Campbell, was born near I^e Claire, la., June 2, 184(j. and died July 5, 187J3. She was married to Thomas Wise, a nephew of Gov. Henry A. AVise, of Mrginia. Mrs. ^Vise went with her husband to Marion Centre, Marion comity, Kan- sas. She had been elected county superintendent of the schools of Marion county a short time before her death.
Issue :
1. Cora Wise, died in 1873.
2. Vivian Stewart Wise, died in 1873.
3. Esther Wise, died in 1873.
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THE BARD KINSHf
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POTTER
^TT^HE Potter fainily of the Conococheague, which -*- presents a coniphcjited hut, perhaps, not in- sohihle genealogical prohleni as regards the relation- ship of the Hards and the Potters, is apparently de- scended from Captain Cieorge Potter, an officer in Croni well's army, in Ireland. Little is known of Captain Potter's history, hut in 1(575, his services were requited by a grant of land, in scattered plots, in JNlagherastaphana barony. County Fermanagh. He was still living in KJS.*}, when he sold his entire grant to James Corry, ancestor of the Earl of Bel- more. Captain CTCoi'ge Potter had a son, Abraham Potter, and Thomas Potter, of Ballynant, who signed the marriage bond of John Potter and Catharine Crozier, botli of the parish of Kilskerry, County Tyrone, with Jolm Crozier, of JNIulleghmon, County Fermanagh, in 17"i7, was probably a grandson. The Potters continued to live in the neighborhood of Magheracross, on tlie road from Enniskillen to Omagh, for two or three generations before John Potter, of Conococheague, emigrated to Pennsylvania, in 1741. That tliey remained is shown by the fact that AVilliam Potter, former American Ambassador at Home, is a descendant of Captain (ieorge Potter. Incidentally it may be mentioned that A\'illiam
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Potter, of INIossfield, Devonisli parish. County Fer- niiinagli, signed a marriage bond, September 1, 1751, for the marriage of Wilham Breen, of Shellone, Kilskerry, with Ehzabeth Potter, of Kilgartnallagh, in Kilskerry parish.
One is ahiiost tempted to beheve that Catharine Crozier, of Kilskerry, was the first wife of Captain John Potter, of Conococheague, and the mother of General James Potter, who was born in 17*29. Aecording to tlie late Adam Boyd Hamilton, of Harrisburg, Pa., John Potter, the emigrant, was
married by the Rev. Baptist Boyd to Sarah ;
Mr. Hamilton also says that Potter's sister, Isabella, was married to his ancestor, John Hamilton, by Mr. Boyd. Baptist Boyd was for many years the Presby- terian minister at Auehnacloy, a post town on tlie river Blackwater, County Tyrone. When Captain Potter died, at liis home near Brown's Mill, in 1757, he left a vv'ife, Martha. It is not impossible that Captain l*otter was married three times, but it is more likely that ^Ir. Boyd Hamilton's Sarah of tra- dition was in fact Martha. The latter is a family name with both the Potter and the Bard families, but the former is not found in either. Apart from all this, it is highly probable that Martha Potter was a sister of Archibald Beard, or a sister of liis wife. It Archibald Beard was married at or near Coal island, it is likely that Baptist Boyd was the officiating minister. Were Mr. Boyd's marriage lists extant, they would probably solve all these problems, but a thorough search for them only tends to disprove their existence.
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In Richard Btird's Bulhid, and in Judge Archi- bald Bard's "Narrative of the Captivity o^ Richard Bard and his Wife," Tlionias Potter, a son of John and Martha Potter, who was a companion of the Bards in misfortune, and the first of the party of captives to fall before the fury of the savages, is always described as a cousin. In Richard Bard's Ballad, Thomas I'otter is mentioned in two of the stanzas, as follows:
One of the tbreniost that came
With him a cutlass brought; But cousin Potter took the same:
As they together fought.
Not far, however, thd we go
Ere came we to a hill, Where thev our cousin Potter's blood
Inhumanly did spill.
In Judge Bard's "Narrative" the statement of relationship is simple, and yet not explicit: "Thomas Potter, brother of General Potter, who had come the evening before, being a full cousin." Richard Bard's wife, Catharine Poe, was a daughter of Thomas l*oe and Mary Potter, a sister of Captain John Potter. Consequently, 'Jlioinas Potter and Catharine Poe Bard were full cousins, but the phrase "our cousin," in the ballad, implies a double cousinship.' One word
'In one account, conijiiled from Judge Bard's "Narrative," Thomas Potter is said to be Richard Bard's nephew. This error is due to the carelessness of the compiler.
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that may mean a double coiisinship only by marriage is not proof of double cousinship by blood, but it must be remembered that the most intimate relations between the Potters and the Beards existed when Richard Bard and Catharine Poe were in their in- fancy. This intimacy began in Ireland, for when John Potter and his sister, Isabella, with her lius- band, John Hamilton, arrived in the Delaware, at Newcastle, it was from Archibald Beard's house, in Miln Creek Hundred, that the infant son of the Hamiltons was buried. Such events occur only in families when a close relationship exists by inter- marriage. If Thomas Potter and Richard Bard were cousins, the only tenable hypotheses are those already stated — either that Archibald Beard and John Potter married sisters, or that John I'otter married a sister of Archibald Beard. If the latter hypothesis is correct, the following chart will show the parentage of the three cousins :
Bard Potter
Arch. Beard x Martha Beard x Jno. Potter Mary Potter x Thos. Poe
1700-17(>5 d. 17S() d. 17.57 d. 1780 d. 1770
Richard Bard Thomas Potter Catharine Poe
1736-1799 d. 1758 1737-1811
TOHX I'OTTER, presumed to be a son of ^ ThoiiiJis Potter, of Ballynant. County Fer- manao'li, Ireland, was born early in the eighteenth century, and died in Antrim township, Cumberland, now Franklin county. Pa., in 1757. He came to America with his brother-in-law, John Hamilton, whose wife, Isabella, was his sister. They made the voyage on the ship '"Donegal," arriving at Newcastle, on the Delaware, September 25, 17-il. Mr. Potter settled in the Cumberland A' alley as early as 174'(>, and, perhaps, earlier. He was lieutenant of Captain George Brown's company, in Colonel Benjamin Chambers' regiment, in 1748, and when Cumberland county was organized, in 1750, he served on the first grand jury. He became the first sheriff of the new county. jVfter serving liis first term as sheriff, 1750- 51, he was given a second term, 1754 55.
A siu'vey of lands in the Conococheague \"alley was made to Jolm Hamilton, April 18, 1747. In a survey made to John Potter, April 12, 1754, the same lands are mentioned as belonging to Robert Hamilton. The name of Robert Hamilton occurs among the list of taxables for Antrim township, Cumberland county, in 1751. ^Vs these lands passed into the possession of Jolm Potter and were adjacent to lands surveyed to Thomas Poe, in JNIarch, 1752, it is to be inferred tliat Robert Hamilton was nearly akin to Jolm Hamilton, and that Jolm came to the
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THE BARD FAMILY
Conocoheague with the intention of setthng near his brothers-in-faw, Poe and Potter. In 1752, this land was part of the lands of John Potter. I^ater it passed to Humphrey FuUerton, while otlier Potter lands adjoining the Poe tract, and riuming eastward along the Fullerton line, went to Captain John A\^oods.
Poe and Potter Plantations
Neither the extent of, nor the title to the Potter lands is clearly defined in such records as are acces- sible. It is sufficient for the present purpose to say that they embraced the entire sweep of country from the "Great Road," south of Marion, extending east- ward along the Antrim township line to the road from Brown's Mill, that intersects the Chambersburg and Greencastle road at the "Gabby Farm," and south and southwest as far as the old Fullerton mill, on Muddy Run. From the mill the original Potter
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lands went west and northwest to the Poe phuitation. Tlie John Potter warrant of October 9, IT^O, snr- veyed April 13, 1754, was near the center of this extensive tract, beginning' at the Poe plantation, and extending southeast to a point near the Brown's Mill graveyard, to lands of George Latimer, at the time of the John Potter survey. I^atimer was Potter's son-in-law, having married liis daughter, Margaret.
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Its position in the Fullerton sur\ey is indicated approximately by dotted lines. It is probable that the corner of the triangle, at George I^atimer's land, touched Muddy Run, and included the spring and the old dwelling liouse at the grove near tlie Brown's Mill graveyard. This is one of the oldest houses in
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the Conococheague ^"alley, and it is the oldest dwel- hno- of the colonial period in the county that is still standing. It was built by Captain John Potter, about 174(), and was his home at the outbreak of the French and Indian war. In it he died, in 1757. Be- fore his death it was a refuge for many of his neigh- bors, flying for safety from the onslaughts of the
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savages. A\'hen he was at rest, in an unmarked grave, in Brown's INI ill graveyard, to tliis liouse came the venera})le Tliomas Brown, the ancestor of the Browns of l^rown's JNIill, intent upon courting the AN^idow Potter, and from this liouse he married her, in 17(H). After tlie AVidow Potter became Mrs. JNIartha Brown, Captain I'otter's eldest son, James, afterwards General James Potter, made the house his home, with his unmarried sisters and his cousin,
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Katharine Hamilton, until 17(37, when he removed to Penn's A alley, in what is now Centre eounty. It was early in this latter period, 1760-07, that yoimg James Chamhers, the eldest son of Colonel Benjamin Chambers, the founder of Chambersburg, eame to the Potter home eourtint^ Miss Hamilton, tlie orphan daughter of John Hamilton and Isabella Potter, whom lie made his wife. So, it will be seen tliat the old Potter homestead has its tales of lo^ e as well as war. It is a house worthy in every way of its history. It is not an imposing structure, but in its day it was, no doubt, regarded as a house of more than ordinary proportions. It is only a story and a half in height, and was built of limestone, rudely dressed. It has a peaked roof and there is a window in tlie south gable. The walls are now cracked and seamed in many places, and show signs all over them of the destroy- ing hand of time for more than a century and a half, but the masonry was so strong that tlie build- ing niJiy still be regarded as in a good state of pres- ervation. ^Vs executor of liis fatlier's will, .James Potter sold the land on which the Potter liomestead stood to Humphrey FuUcrton, by whom it was patented, INIarcli (>, 17r».'3.
In addition to tlie land in ^Vntrini township, the warrant for which was dated October 1). 1750, Captain Potter, on the same day, in conjunction with Robert Livers, obtained a warrant for a lar"e tract at the head of ^Vntietam, in the South Mountain. The latter is now a ])art of the lands of the Mont Alto Iron Com])any. The Potter interest in the mountain tract wjis taken at its appraised \'alue. May
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19, 1767, by James Potter, the eldest son of John, to whom Robert Li^'ers conveyed his interest, April 16, 1774. Jtimes Potter conveyed 192 acres of this tract to Daniel Baker and 205 acres to Thomas Stoops, March 6, 177o. Mrs. Mary Stoops died on the Stoops farm. October 1.'3. 1828, n^ed 117 years, having lived in the same honse sixty-live years.
Sheriff Potter was very active at the outbreak of the French and Indian war tliat followed the defeat of Braddock, in 1755. On the 8()th of October he attended a meeting at Shippensbiu'g, at which it was determined to erect forts at Carlisle, Shippensburg, Chambers' Mills, Mr. Steel's Meeting-house and AVilliam Allison's. The fort at Allison's (Greencastle) was not built, but Potter's house became a refuge for the Heeing inhabitants, as many as a hundred women and children seeking safety there after the attack on the Big Cove, November 1, 1755. Potter had already organized his neighbors into an emer- gency company for the defense of their homes against the savages, and when he heard of the massacre he sent word to his men to meet at McDowell's Mill. " On Sunday morning," he wrote, '' I was not there six minutes till we observed, about a mile and a half distant, one Matthew Patton's house and barn in flames : on which we set off with about forty men, though there were at least one hundrpd and sixty there; our old officers hid themselves, for aught I knew, to save their scalps, until afternoon, when the the danger was over. ... It was three o'clock in the afternoon before a recruit came of about sixty men, then we held a council whether to pm-sue up the
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Indians all night or return to JMcDowell's, the former of which I and Mr. Hoops, and some others, plead for, but could not obtain it without putting it to vote, which done we were outvoted by a considerable number, upon wliicli I and company were left by them ; that night I came home, for I will not guard a man that will not fight when called in so eminent a manner; for tliere were not six of these men that would consent to go in pursuit of the Indians."
Mr. Potter was conunissioned captain in Colonel John Armstrong's battalion, February, 175(), witli his son James as ensign of liis company. His name dis- appears from the rolls of the I'rovincial forces after 17.5(), but lie contiiuied active at head of his neighbors in defense of the frontier, until liis death.
It is believed tliat Captain Potter was twice married. If tliis assumption is correct, liis first wife was Catharine Crozier, daughter of John Crozier, of MuUeghmon, Comity Fermanagh, Ireland. In that case the marriage was in 1727. He was married (2)
to Martha , believed to have been Martha
Beard, or Bard. She survived liim and died in 1780.
Issue :
1. James Pottei', of whom presently.
2. Samuel Potter, of" whom presently.
S. Thomas Potter, was killed by the Indians after the capture of the Bard family, April 13, 1758. The [)laee of his murder is still pointed out, a short distanee noi'th of \ ir<;inia Mills, in x-Vdams county. Pa. Jud^e Bard, in his "Narrative,'' calls him Lieutenant Potter. He probably served in that capacity in his father's company, on the (\)nococheai;ue, 175()— 57.
4. Mar<;aret Potter, married Geoi-ge Latimer, a native of
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Ireland, who died in Westmoreland county, Pa., in 1793. He settled on Muddv Run, adjoining Captain Potter, but as early as 1766, he acquired lands in Potter township, Centre county. Later he removed to ^Vestmoreland county. Issue: Johw, Arthur, James, George, Thomas, Robert, Margaret, and Mar- tha. Arthur and George served with the Westmoreland County Rangers during the Revolution. George, who died in 1806, was married to Margaret Cathcart, a sister of the first wife of General James Potter.
o. Annas Potter, married Alexander Young, who died in 1790. He served with Captain James Poe\ marching company in the campaign around Philadelphia, in 1777; they had a son, James.
6. Catharine Potter, married James Carothers, of whom presently.
7. Mary Potter, married James Beard, and had a son, James Potter.
8. Hannah Potter, married (1), John McMillan; (2), Thomas Robinson.
9. Isabella Potter, married Jordan, and had a son,
John.
Captain Potter's widow, Martha Potter, was married in 1760, to Thomas Brown, the ancestor of the Brown family, of Brown's Mill, in Antrim township, Franklin county, Pa. He was one of the earliest settlers in the Conococheague \ alley. In 1738, he joined with Ben- jamin Chambers in a supplication to Donegal Presby- tery for a pastor for East Conococheague. Mr. Brow n died in 1769.
Isabella I'otter, presumed to be a daughter of Thomas Potter, of Ballynant, died on shipboard, at Newcastle, on the Delaware, September 25, 1741. Slie was married in January, 1735, to John Hamil- ton, son of James Hamilton. He was l)orn in 1704,
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and died in Cliester county. Pa., in 1755. He emi- grated to America, with his wife and family and his brother-in-law. Captain John Potter, arriving at New- castle, Del., on the day of Mrs. Hamilton's death.
Issue :
1. Catharine Hamilton, was born in Ireland, in 17137, and died at Ludlow Station, now Cincinnati, Ohio, January 14, 1820. She was married February 16, 176'3, to James Cham- bers, son of Colonel Benjamin and Sarah (Patterson) Chambers. He was colonel of the 1st reg'iment, Pennsyhana Line, in the Reyolution. Issue: Benjamin; Sarah Bella, married (1), An- drew Dunlop, and (2), Archibald McAllister; Charlotte, married (1), Colonel Israel Ludlow, and (2), Rev. David Riske; Ruhamah, married William B. Scott; and Catharine, born September 26, 1775, and died October 5, 1775.
2. John Hamilton, died in infancy, and was bui'ied, October 17, 174<1, ""at Archibald Beard's, in Miln Creek Hundred, Newcastle comity, Del. "
John Hamilton is belieyed to have been a son of James Hamilton, of Cayandu<i;<j^an, and Marg-aret Morris, his wife; <;'randson of Francis Hamilton, of Tullybrick, County Arma<<;h, and Elizabeth Echlin, his wife, and a great-grandson of John Hamilton, of Hamilton's Bawn, and Sarah, daughter of Sir Anthony Brabazon. John of the Bawn, was a son of the Rev. Hans Hamilton, vicar of Dunlop, in Scotland, whose eldest son. Sir James Hamilton, was the first Viscount Claneboye.
II
TAMES POTTER, son of Captain John Potter, *^ was born in Ireland, in 1729, and died at the house of Captain James Poe, on Conococheague, in Antrim township, Frankhn county, Pa,, in No- vember, 1789. He was buried in Brown's Mill grave- yard. Init no stone marks the place of his sepulture. Young Potter came to America with his father, in 1741. He grew to manliood on his fatlier's farm, in Antrim township, and became conspicuous for cour- age and enterprise in the French and Indian war. He was commissioned ensign, April 17, 1756, in Captain John Potter's company, of Colonel John Armstrong's battalion, and participated in the ex- pedition against Kittanning, in the autunm of 1756. Ensign Potter was severely wounded in the assault upon the Indian town. He was appointed lieutenant, in the Colonel's company, December 4, 1757, and promoted to captain, February 17, 1759. After 1760, he was not regularly in the service of the Province, but he had a company of emergency men with which he pursued the Indians that murdered Flnocli Brown, tlie schoolmaster, and the school children, at the Brown's Mill schoolhouse, July 26, 1764.
About 1770. Captain Potter removed to Penn's ^'^alley, afterward in Northumberland, and now in Centre county. ^Vfter the beginning of hostilities, in 1775, he was active in promoting the Revolution, and was chosen colonel of the Second Battalion
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of Northumberland County Assoeiators, January 24, 1776. Colonel Potter represented Northumberland county in the l*ennsylvania Convention of July 15, 1776. Colonel Potter's battalion saw active service in the New Jersey campaign of 1776 77. After the battle of Princeton, when Cornwallis, by a forced march, appeared at Stony Brook, General Washing- ton sent an order to Colonel Potter to destroy the bridge at AN^ortlTs INIills. The order was executed by Major Kelley, of Potter's battalion, in sight of the advancing British.
Colonel Potter was made a brigadier-general of the Pennsylvania militia, April 5, 1777. In the cam- paign, of that year, aroimd Philadelphia, his services were very important. In order to prevent (Tcneral Howe from obtaining supplies for his army in the well-cultivated district west of the Scluiylkill, (Gen- eral Potter, with his militia, was ordered to watch the enemy from the west bank of tlie river, about Gray's Ferry, and to scoin- the country between that ri\'er and Chester. His correspondence with Washington during the campaign was very voluminous, and tlie information furnished by him was so highly appre- ciated by tiie Connnander-in-chief that in the spring of 1778 General Washington asked for tlie rctm-n of General I'otter to the army. Besides his services in camp and field, (Tcneral Potter was a member of the Supreme P^xecutive Council, of Pennsylvania, and he was chosen vice president of the council, November 14, 1781. General Potter was commis- sioned a major-general, in 1782. His voluminous correspondence with Washington was printed in the
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"Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography," 1895-97.
After the Revolution, General Potter continued to serve in the Supreme Executive Council, and in 1784 he came within a few votes of defeating John Dickinson for president of the state. He was ap- pointed deputy surveyor for Northumberland county, April 18. 178.5, and he also served as one of the justices of the coin-ts of the county. He left one of the most extensive and valuable estates in Penn- syhania. One object of his visit to his daughter, INIrs. Poe, just before his death, in 1789, was to con- sult Dr. Robert .lolmston. a distinouished suroeon of the Revolution.
General Potter was twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth Cathcart, of Philadelphia. He was married ('2), to Mary Patterson Cliambers, daughter of Major James Patterson, and widow of Thomas Chambers.
Issue ))v his first wife:
1. John Potter, died at Middle Creek, Centre county. Pa., aged 18.
2. Elizabeth Cathcart Potter, married James Poe. (See Poe family.)
Issue by his second wife:
1. James Potter, of whom presently,
2. Mary Potter, married (1), Geor«^^e Riddles; (2), William McClelland, and had Robert McClelland, of Penn's Valley.
3. Martha Potter, married Andrew Gregg, of whom })re- sently.
4. Margaret Potter, born in 1775, and died February 27, 1795. She was married to Edward Crouch, son of Captain James and Hannah (Brown) Crouch, of ''Walnut Hill," near
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Highspire, Dauphin county. Pa. Issue: Mary Crouch, who married Benjamin Jordan.
General Potter's tirst wife, Elizabeth Cathcart, was a sister of Dr. William Cathcart, of Philadelphia, who was surgeon of the 4th Continental Dragoons, 1777-78. General Potter's second w ife, Mary Patterson Chambers, was a daughter of James and Mary (Stewart) Patter- son. Her father was a son of James Patterson, the Indian trader, and was born at what is now Washing- ton borough, Lancaster county. Pa., in 1715, and died at his fort, at Mexico, Juniata county, in 177^. He was a captain under Colonel John Armstrong, in the French and Indian war. His wife, Mary Stewart, was a daughter of (ieorge Stewart, the Indian trader. Mrs. Potter's h'rst husband, Thomas Chambers, was a son of Joseph and Catharine Chambers, of Chambers' Mill, at the mouth of Fishing Creek, above Ilarrisburg. He was killed in an Indian foray, in the Juniata \ alley.
Saniiiel Potter, son of Captain John Potter, settled in ^Vestnioreland eounty. Pa., wiiere he died in 1811. He served witli the A\"estnioreland County Rant^ers during the Re\ olution. Mr. l*otter was married to his eousin, Susanna Poe, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Potter) Poe.
Issue :
1. John Potter, settled in Mercer county. Pa.
2. Thomas Potter, lived in Westmoreland county. Pa. -'3. Martha Potter, married William Hill.
4. Olivia Potter.
5. Anne I'otter, married Robert Brown, an early merchant at (ireensburg. Pa., and had a son, Sanuiel Potter Brown, a prominent ])hysician, who was born April 10, 1801, and died
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May 30, 1860. Ur. Brown was married March 16, 1830, to Mary Jane Nichols, daughter of John Nichols, of Westmore- land county. Pa., and had a son, William.
6. Catharine Potter, married (1), James Carnahan, who was drowned in the Allegheny river, in 1786-87, He entered the Revolutionary service as a second lieutenant, in Miles'" Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, March 16, 1776, but had the misfortune to be captured, at the battle of I^ong Island, August 26, 1776. After his exchange he was promoted to be first lieutenant and captain, and served till the close of the war. He had a son, James Carnahan. After Captain Carnahan ""s death, his widow married (2), Matthew McClanahan, an early settler of Westmoreland county. Pa., and had a son, Matthew Potter McClanahan, who was born January 2, 1806, and died January 3, 1881. He was an associate judge of Westmoreland county. Judge McClanahan was twice married, first. May 22, 1834, to Sarah Watson, who died December 21, 1852, and second, February 11, 1869, to Emeline Willett, of Allegheny county. Pa. By his first marriage, he had a son, William Elliott McClanahan.
7. Margaret Potter.
8. Mary Potter.
Catharine Potter, daughter of Captain John Potter, was married to James C^arothers, a native of Ireland, who emigrated to Pennsyhania before the Revolution, and died in Sewickley township, A\^estmoreland county. February 18, 1801. He first settled in Lan- caster county, where he enlisted in Captain Thomas Boude's company, 5th regiment, Pennsylvania Line. He was wounded at Green Springs, Va., July 6, 1781. After the Revolution he settled on the I^ittle Sewickley C^reek, Sewickley township, Westmore- land county, and became a farmer.
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Issue :
1. James Carothers, was twice niarried. His first wife was Wood, by whom he had two daughters. He was
married (2), to Ehzabeth McChu"e, daughter of James McChu'e, and had John and Ehzabeth.
2. John Carothers, was Ijorn in 1789, and died December 2, 1858. He was married to Isabella Power, daughter of the Rev. James Power. Issue: James P., William Swan, Marv and Catharine, wife of the Rev. Joseph I). McKee.
3. Samuel Carothers, of whom presentlv.
4. Martha Carothers.
5. Jane Carothers.
6. Elizabeth Carothers.
Ill
TAMES POTTER, son of Genenil James and *^ Mary (Patterson) Potter, was born in P^ranklin county. Pa., July 4, 1707, and died December 2, 1818. He establislied liimself at Potter's Mills, in Centre county, in 1789, and succeeded his father as deputy surveyor for the Sixth District of Penn- syh ania. ITpon his father's death, he acquired large landed interests in central Pennsylvania. General Potter, Judge W^illiam Brown and Major Mont- gomery owned the site of I^ewistown when Mifflin county was established. In 1790, James Potter, the younger, joined in laying out tlie town. Judge I'otter was married December 15, 1788, to Mary Brown, daughter of Judge ^^^illiam Brown. She was born June 1.5, 1770. and died January (5, 1828.
Issue :
1. Jaiiies Potter, of whom presently.
2. William W. Potter, of whom presently.
'3. George Latimer Potter, was born at Potter's Mills, Centre county. Pa., January 13, 1795, and died unmarried. April 2% 1832. He studied law and was admitted to the Centre County Par. 1817; later he remoyed to Danville, Pa., where he died.
4. John Potter, of whom presently.
5. Andrew Gre<i;<>; Potter, was born December 22, 1805, and died January 25, 1806.
(). Mary P. Potter, married Dr. William I. Wilson, of whom ])resently.
(3 IS)
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7. Margaret Cromh Potter, was born November 15, 1802, and died December, 1824. She married Dr. Coburn, of El)ens- burg, Pa.; no children.
8. Martha Gregg- Potter, was born November 5, 1804, and died June 17, 1824. She married Abraham Valentine.
Mrs. Potter^s father. Judge AV^illiam Hrown, was a son of Alexander Brown, an early settler on tlie West Conococheague Creek, two miles east of Mercersl)urg, Pa., and a brother of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Brown, wjio connnanded the 8t]i Regiment, Cumberland Count V Associators, in 1780. ^^■hen James Alexander went to the Kishoco(|uillas to make a settlement, Judge Brown accompanied him, and located near the entrance of the valley, afterwards the village of Brown's Mills, now Reedsville. In conjunction with (General James Potter and Major Montgomery, he became one of the owners of the site of Lewistown. He was one of the trustees for the erection of Mifflin county, of which he was appointed a justice of the peace. He served as president of the courts until the Constitution of 1790 went into effect. His home, at Brown's Mills, was near the site of Logan's Springs, where Logan, the celebrated Indian chief, had his cabin. Judge Brown was boin in 17'37, and died in 1825, and Mary, his wife, was born in 1747, and died in 1815.
Martlui Potter, duiiohter of C^eneral .Tames and INIary (Patterson) Potter, was married to Andi"ew CTretig, son of ^Vndrew and Jean (Scott) Greo-*)-. JMr. Gregg was })orn near Carlisle, Pa.. June 10. 170.5, and died at Hellefonte, l*a., INIay 20, 1885. He was educated at Carlisle, Pa., and Newark, Del., where lie served witli the militia during tlie Revolution. He was a tutor in the College of Philadelphia, now
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the University of Pennsylvania, 1779-83, and a mer- chant at ^Nliddletown, Pa., 1783-89. After his mar- riage lie removed to Penn's ^^alley. He was a repre- sentative in Conoress from Pennsylvania, 1791-1807, and a United States Senator, 1807-13. In 1816, he was appointed secretary of state, for Pennsylvania, and was an unsuccessful candidate for governor, in 1823. He was a man of vigorous constitution and a fine classical scholar. He left an unfinished sketch of his family history that was puhlished in Dr. William H. Egle's " Pennsylvania (xenealogies."
Issue :
1. Mai'v Gregg, married William McLanahan, of whom presently.
2. Jean Gregg, married Roland Curtin, of whom presently.
3. Martha Gregg, was born June 7, 1793. She was married to Dr. Constans Curtin.
4. Eliza Gregg, was born June !2, 1795. She was married to David Mitchell.
5. Juliana Gregg, married James Irvin, of whom presently.
6. Andrew Gregg, of whom presently.
7. James Potter Gregg, was born April 28, 1802. He was married to Eliza Wilson.
8. Matthew Duncan Gregg, of whom presently.
9. Sarah Gregg, was born January 23, 1807. She was married to Henry Kinney.
10. Margery Gregg, was born September 14, 1811. She was married to Rev. Charles Tucker.
Senator Gregg's father, Andrew Gregg, was born at Ballyarnat, near Londonderry, Ireland, about 1710, and died near Carlisle, Pa., November 18, 1789. He emi- grated to New Hampshire in 1722, but removed to Delaware about 1726. The next year he settled at
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Chestnut Ijevel, in Lancaster county, Pa., where he made an unfortunate purchase of land that resulted in liti<^atioik. In 1748 he sold his claim and removed to the Cumberland Valley, settling- on the north side of the Conodog'uinet Creek, within sight of Meetinghouse Springs Church. He served in defense of the frontier during the French and Indian war. Mr. Gregg was twice married. The name of his first wife is unknown. He was married second to Jean Scott, daughter of Wil- liam Scott, of Chestnut I^evel. She was born in 1725, and died September 30, 1783. Issue^bv his first wife: John, James, Rachel, ^Margaret, Jean and Elizabeth. Issue by his second wife: Andrew and Matthew. Matthew Gregg was a wagonmaster with the Pennsvl- vania militia in the Revolution.
Samuel Carothers, son of James and Catharine (Potter) Carothers. was born in Sewickley township, AVestmoreland county. Pa., in 1789. He was a farmer, and conducted the Carothers homestead, in his native township. He was married to Ruth Elliott.
Issue :
1. William E. Carothers, was reared on the old Carothers homestead. In 1865, he removed to Eavette count v. He was married to Caroline Tavlor, daughter of Isaac Tavlor, of Allegheny county. Pa., and had John Richev Carothers.
2. Eliza Carothers, married (1). Charles Hunter; (2), Joseph Markle Thompson, of whom presently.
3. Martha Carothers, married James Kirker.
4. Jane Carothers. married John Richev.
IV
FAINIES POTTER, son of James and Mary ^ (Brown) Potter, was born at Potter's JNIills, Centre county. Pa., December 1, 1789, and died at JNIadison, Ind., March 22, 1865. He was extensively engaged in business with his brother, John, but tlie firm of J. cV J. Potter failed, in 1849. He afterwards removed to Indiana. JNIr. Potter was married (1), December 20, 1814, to Maria ^Vilson, daughter of William Wilson, of Chillisquaqua Mills. She died April 15, 1827. He was married (2), March 3, 1829, to Mrs. Susan Irvin Duncan, daughter of John Irvin, and widow of Thomas Duncan.
Issue bv his first wife:
1. James Potter, was born September 80, 1815.
2. Susan Potter, was born September 29, 1817, and died in Washington, D. C, June 2, 1899. She was married to Dr. O. P. Duncan. Issue: Adeha, married Captain David Irwin, who died February !28, 1901, and Margaret married Dr. Tesson, who died at Seattle, Wash., in 1901.
3. William AVilson Potter, of whom presently.
4. John Potter, was boi-n May 10, 1821.
5. George Latimer Potter, of whom presently.
6. Andrew Gregg Potter, was born December, 1826.
Issue by his second wife:
1. Thomas Duncan Potter, was born December 1, 1829.
2. Irvin Walters Potter, was born March 8, 1831.
3. Maria L. Potter, was born March 15, 1833. She was married November 8, 1855, to Dr. J. G. Hendricks.
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4. Annie Amelia Potter, was born July 4, 1835. She was married March 10, 1857, to AV. C. Spaulding-.
5. Jacob Lex Potter, was born February 2, 1838.
6. Charles H. Potter, was boi-n July 15, 1842.
7. xMarv Ellen Potter, was born October 26, 1844. She was mari-icd June 25, 1865, to Simeon H. Crane.
William Wilson, the father of Maria Wilson Potter, was born in Ireland, and died at Northumberland, Pa., in 1813. He emi<i;rate(l to Pennsylvania before the Revolution and settled in Northumberland county. He became 3rd lieutenant of Captain John Low den's com- pany, in Colonel Thom})soirs Riflemen, June 25, 1775; was promoted 2d lieutenant, January 4, 1776; 1st lieutenant, September 25, 1776; and ca])tain in the 1st Reo'iinent, Pennsyhania Line, March 2, 1777. He was breveted major, Septendier 30, 1783, and served to November 3, 1783. At Monmouth he secured the coloi-s of the Royal Grenadiers and the sword of Colonel Monckton. He i>;aye the sword to General Wayne, by whom it was triven to General Lafayette; the Mar(juis restored it to the \Vilson family in 1824. .Major Wilson was appointed county lieutenant of Northumberland county, May 20, 1784. He was a mend)er of the Pennsylvania Convention to ratify the Federal Constitution of 1787, and a mendjer of the Supreme Executive Council. He was aj)pointed associate judge for Northumberland c-ountv in 17!)2. Major Wil- son built Chillis(|uat[ua Mills, four miles above Northum- berland. He was married to Mary Scott, daughter of Captain Abraham Scott, of Packer's Island. His eldest son, Sanniel Hunter Wilson, was an associate judge of Centre county, and another son, Abraham Scott Wil- son, was president judge of Huntingdon, MitHin and I'nion counties.
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John Irviii, the father of Susan Irvin Potter, was horn in Ireland in 1764, and died in Centre county. Pa., Septeniher 29, 184;3. He settled in Penn's N'alley, and built n)illsat Linden Hall, Oak Hall and Sinking Creek. He became the largest land owner in the \allev except the Potters. He was married to Ann Watson, daughter of James A\'atson, of Centre county. Pa. She was born in 1781, and died March 15, 1855.
^^^ilIi^ull AV. I'otter, son of James and Mary (Brown) Potter, was born at Potter's JNIills, Centre county, Pa., December 18, 1792, and died October 29, 1889. He entered the Latin school of the Ilev. Thomas Hood, near Lewisbin*g, in 1809, and was graduated at Dickinson College. He studied law with Charles Huston, and was admitted to the Centre County Bar in April, 1814. He practiced his profes- sion at Bellefonte. In 188*2 lie declined a nomination for Congress, but lie was elected in 1886, and re- elected in 1888, Mr. Potter was married March 20, 1815, to Lucy Winters, dautrhter of William and Eleanor (Campbell) A\^inters. She was born August 29, 1790, and died May 80, 1875. AVilliam \V. and Lucy Potter liad no cliildren.
Mrs. Potter's father, ^^'^illiam Winters, was horn in 1728, and died at the site of Williamsport, Pa., in 1794. He was married (1), in 1747, to Ann Boone, a sister of Colonel Daniel Boone, the famous Kentucky pioneer. His eldest daughter by this marriage married Abraham Lincoln, of Rockbridge county, \a., the grandfather of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States. Mr. Winters was married (2), in 1771, to Eleanor Campbell, by whom he had three sons
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and five daughters. One of these, Mary Winters, was the wife of Charles Huston, Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and her sister, Ellen Winters, was married to Judge Thomas Burnside.
John Potter, son of James and Mary (Brown) Potter, was born at Potter's Mills, Jainiary 13, 1800, and died November 20, 1886. He was extensively engaged in business with his brother James, but the firm of J. cV J. Potter failed, in 1849. In 1850, he removed to Wisconsin, where he engaged in the lumber business, at Fond du I^ac. He filled many positions of public trust. Mr. Potter was married December 12, 18*22, to Amelia Burnside, daughter of AVilliam Burnside, a brother of Judge Thomas Burn- side. Slie was born in 1804.
Issue :
1. James G. Potter, was born July 24, 1826. He was married to Eliza A. Root, of Fond du Lac, Wis. Issue: Henry Root, born at Fond du Lac, Octobei* !J1, 1861, married May L'3, 1886, Clementina B. Brown, and had Hamilton, died in in- fancy ; Amelia Burnside, born February 1, 1857, died Sep- tember 22, 1858; Ellen Dorsey, born May 22, 1858, married May 7, 1879, Winthrop Scribner, and had Percy Root, Robert Winthroj), Hem-y Potter, Nelly Potter and Louise.
2. Thomas Burnside Potter, of whom presently.
;3. William N. Pottei-, was horn December 5, 1832, and died August 1,^1901.
Mary P. Potter, daugliter of James and Mary (Brown) Potter, was born April 8, 1798, and died January 19, 1861. Slie was married February 23, 1819, to \\^illiam Irvine Wilson, son of Hucfh and Catharine (Irvine) Wilson. He was born near
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Hartleton, Union county. Pa., November 10, 1793, and died at Bellefonte, September 22, 1883. He studied medicine with Dr. James Dougfal, Sr., at JNIilton, Pa. In 1818, he removed to Centre county, practicing his profession for a brief period at Early- town, and subsequently at I'otter's INI ills.
Issue:
1. James Potter Wilson, was born at Potter's Mills, Julv 24, 1825, and died July 5, 1864. He was a surgeon of the United States Volunteers, 1861-64. Dr. Wilson was married September, 1854, to Sarah I. Kinnev, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Gregg) Kinnev, and had a daughter, Julia I., deceased.
2. William P. Wilson, was born at Potter's ^lills, Decem- ber J30, 18.'37. During the Civil War he served on General Hancock's staff". Colonel Wilson was married Aj)ril 22, 1869, to Ellen Dickson, daughter of the Rev. Hugh Dickson, D.D. Issue: Allen 1)., Wayne McVeigh, and Hugh Irvine.
3. Catharine Irvine Wilson, married Andrew G. Curtin, of wiiom presentlv.
4. Marv A. \\ ilson, was Ijorn September 25, 1828, and died unmarried.
5. Lucv P. VVilson, was l)orn Gctober 19, 1830. She was married June 5, 1856, to Dr. Frederick Mover. Issue: An- drew G. C, born March 2, 1857, and William VV., l)oi-n October 12, 1858.
6. Elizabeth Wilson, was born March 23, 1833. She was married Jinie 15, 1859, to the Rev. John Elliott, who was born April 13, 1829. Issue: Mary A., married Rol)ert P. Carpenter, and Christiana.
7. Laura Wilson, was l)orn November 3, 1835. She was married ]\Iav 12, 1857, to the Rev. George Elliott, a native of Ohit), who died in 1895. He sei'ved Presbvterian congregations in IlHnois, in central Pennsylvania, the McConnellsburg, Green
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Hill and Well's Valley charge, and the ehurches at Orbisonia and Osceola Mills. Issue: William W., James AV., John, Bessie, and Katie.
8. Frank AVilson, was born January -'51, 184^, and died s. p. He was a captain in the United States army.
9. Alice Wilson, was born January 31, 1842.
Dr. Wilson was descended from a soldier within the walls of Londonderry during- the siege, whose name was either John or Hugh AV^ilson. His son, Hugh, was born at Cootehill, County Cayan, in 1689, and died in Allen townshi}), Northampton county, Pa., in 17T''3. Hu<i-li AV^ilson was mai-ried in Ireland to Sarah Crai(>-, and emigrated to Pennsyhania about 1T'3(). He settled in the Forks of the Delaware, and with Colonel Martin laid t)ut the town of Easton. His son, Thomas, was born at Cootehill, in 1724, and died in Buffalo \ alley. Pa., Febi'uary 25, 1799. Thomas Wilson was married in 1760, to Sarah Havs, daughtei- of John and Jane * (Loye) Hays, of Nortiiampton c-ounty. Their eldest
son, Hugh, was born October 21, 1761, and died neai- Eewisburg, Octoljer 9, 1845. He seryed with the Northampton county militia in the Revolution. He kept a store at Lewisburg, 1798-1804, and afterward lived on his fu-m in liuH'alo \ alley. Mr. Wilson was mai'ried February 19, 1790, to Catharine Irvine, daughter of Captain William Irvine, who was a cousin of (ieneral AV^illiam Ir\ine. She was born Novembei' 16, 1758, and died August 21, 1835. Besides Dr. William Iryine Wilson, Hugh and Catharine AY' ilson had a son Francis, and two daugthei-s, Elizabeth, wife of AVilliam C. Steedman, and Mni-garet Irvine, married to James F. Linn.
JNIary Cireoo-, dauohter of Andrew and Martha (Potter) Gregg, \yas born November 2. 1788, and
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died January 9, 1826. She was married to William McLanahan, son of James and Isabella (Craig) McLanahan. He was born in Antrim township, Franklin county. Pa., in 1772, and died September 27, 1833. He owned a line plantation, on the East Conococheague, west of Greeneastle, Pa.
Lssue :
1. Aii(h'e\v Gregg McLanahan, was born August 12, 1807. He lived on the old McLanahan homestead. He was married in 1837, to A. Elizabeth Doyle, daughter of George Doyle. She died March 28, 1880. Issue; E. Ormond, Dick, Andrew G., Celia, Jessie and Alice.
2. James Xavier McLanahan, of whom presently.
3. Isobel Craig McLanahan, married Joseph Muhlenberg Hiester, eldest son of John Sylvester Hiester. He was gradu- ated at Princeton and Jefferson Medical College. He lived at Millmont, in Franklin county, Pa. Issue: Eugenia, Maria Cath- arine Muhlenberg, and Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg.
4. Mary McLanahan, was married to Dr. John Custis Richards. He was born in Baltimore, June 1, 1812, and died June 11, 1874. Dr. Richards was a prominent physician at Chambersburg, Pa. Issue: Mary, married Marston Miles, of New York; Sarah; and Daisy, married Rolands Thomas, of New York.
Jean (xregg, daughter of ^Vndrew and Martha (Potter) Gregg, was born PVbruary 17, 1791, and died March 14, 1854. She was married in 1814, to Roland Curtin, who was born in Ireland, in 17<34, and died at Bellefonte, Pa. He was educated in Paris, and narrowly escaped the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. After coming to Pennsylvania, he settled at Philipsburg, Centre county. Pa., and later
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at Milesburg, where lie became a merchant. He was chosen coroner of Centre county, in 1 803, and sheriff, in 1806. AVith Moses Boggs, he erected a forge at Eagle AVorks, in 1810, of which he became sole owner, in 1815; in 1818, he built Eagle furnace. He bought the Antes grist and saw mills, at Curtin station, in 1825, and erected the rolling mills there, in 1830.
Issue :
1. Anch-ew Gre<;<>; Curtin, of whom presently.
2. Constans Curtin, was a physician. He was married to Mary A. . After his death his widow married Gen- eral James Irvin.
;3. Martha M. Curtin, married Dr. Wilham Irvin, of whom j)resentlv.
4. Ellen Honora Curtin, mai-ried Dr. William Henry Allen, son of Jothain and Thankful Allen, of the Aliens of Braintree, Mass. He was born ^Nlareh 27, 1808, and died August 29, 1882. He was president of Girard College, 1850- 62. She was his second wife.
5. Margery Curtin, married Thomas R. Reynolds.
6. Mary J. Curtin, married Dr. Clark.
7. Julia Curtin.
Roland Curtin was twice married. He was married (1) November 25, 1800, to Margery Gregg, daughter of John Gregg, a half brother to Senator Andrew Greffo;. She was born in 1776. and died January 15, 181 '5. Issue:
1. Austin Curtin, was born August 26, 1801, and died July 27, 1871.
2. James Curtin, was born Septendx-r 18, 1806, and died January 5, 1873.
3. Roland Curtin, was born Septen)ber 2, 1808, and
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and died August 15, 1875. He was married to Eliza Irvin, daughter of John and Ann (Watson) Irvin. Issue: John Irvin, Austin, Andrew Gregg, and William. 4. John Curtin, was born Se})teniber 524, 1810. He was married Januai'v 3, 1837, to Julia Barnhart, daughter of Henry Barnhart. She was born March 14, 1811. Issue: James B., Harry R., John G., Margery I., mar- ried General John I. Curtin, and Sarah C, married Dr. J. F. Larimer.
Juliana, Gregg, daughter of Andrew and JNlartha (Potter) Gregg, was born June 'iO, 1797, and died July 4, 185G. She was married September 24, 1822, to James Irvin, son of John and Ann (AVatson) Irvin, of Linden Hall. He was born February 18, 1800, and died at Hecla, the home of Colonel Andrew Greo-o-, November 28, 1862. He beoan business as a orain merehant, but later purchased an interest in Centre furnace. In the same year, 1882, he was chosen major-general of the 10th Division, P. M. In 1837, in conjunction with General AVilliam Houston, he built Julian furnace, so named in compliment to his wife. He was a representative in Congress, 1841 45. In 1847, he was the Whig candidate for Governor of
CHILDREN OF JOHN AND ANN (\yATSON) IRyiN
I. James Irvin. '2. William Irvin. 3. John Irvin.
i. Lot W. Irvin.
5. George W. Irvin, died young.
(). Su.san Irvin, married (1), Thomas Duncan; (i), James Potter.
7. Margaret Irvin, married Andrew Gregg.
8. Nancy Irvin, married Dr. Benjamin Berry.
9. Mary Irvin, married Moses Thompson.
10. Elizabetii Irvin, married Roland Curtin, Jr.
II. Sarah Irvin, married Captain W. ^^'ilson Potter.
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Pennsyhania, but was defeated by Francis R. Sliiink. His iron interests were extensive, including Centre furnace; Mill Creek, 1845 02; ]Mercer Iron Works, at (Treenville; ^lonroe furnace, 1849 55 ; A\^ashing- ton furnace, 1852 57 ; INIartha furnace, 1854-57; and Julian, Hecla and Hopewell. General Irvin was married (2), January 1, 1859, to Mrs. JNIary A., widow of Dr. Constans Curtin. She died at Hart- ford, Conn., August 4, 1878. He had no children by either wife.
Andrew (xregg, son of Andrew and Martlia (Potter) Gregg, was born November 80, 1799. and died, at JNIilesburg, Pa., May 15, 18(59. He engaged in the iron business and was a business partner in the Milesburg Iron A\^orks, with Dr. AVilliam Irvin and General James Irvin. He served in the Pennsyl- vania State Senate. Colonel (Tregg was married to Margaret Ir\in, daughter of John and ^Vnn (^^^at- son) Ir\ in.
Issue :
1. John Irvin (Tivii;<<;, of whom presently. ^. Martha (xreii'tr, \\';is born May 14, 18^8. She was mar- ried December 2, 1851, to Dr. John B. Mitchell.
3. Ann K. Gre_ii;<^, was born August 11, 1830.
4. Andrew (ireo-g-, was born September 11, 183^; he is deceased.
5. James P. Greg'g-, was born Octolx'r 7, 1834, and was kihed in front of Petersbui'g, September 30, 18()4.
6. Julia Greg-g, was born October 28, 183().
7. Susan Gregg, was born June 5, 1839.
8. Mary Jane (iregg, was born June 25, 1841.
9. Margaret Gregg, was born May 27, 1844.
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Matthew Duncan Gregg, son of Andrew and Martha (Potter) Gregg, was born April 5, 1804, and died at Potomac furnace, I^oudon county, Vii,, July 27, 1845. He was a prominent business man of Huntingdon county. Pa., for a nimiber of years, but removed to Loudon county, Va., w^here he engaged in the iron business. JNIr. (Tregg was married to Ellen ]\IcMurtrie, daughter of David and ^lartha (Elliott) McMurtrie. She was born January .'3. 1802, and died August, 1847.
Issue:
1. Martha Gi'L'<^g, deceased, was married to Richard R. Bryan.
2. Andrew Gregg, died in 1851.
3. David McMurtrie Gregg, of whom ])resentlv.
4. Mary Gregg, was married to G. Doi'sev Green, of Bar- ree Forge, Huntingdon county. Fa.; thev aftei'wards removed to Centre countv, where thev are now hving.
5. Geor";e (xre^y;, died in Cahfornia.
6. Ellen Gregg, died in Centre county. Pa.
7. Henry H. Gregg, was born March 19, 1840, He was educated at Milnwood Academv, and was graduated at Dickin- son College. He was in the military service during the Civil War, and rose to the rank of major. He lives at Joplin, Mo., and is extensively engaged in lead mining.
8. Thomas J. Gregg, was born October 8, 184!^, and died in California. He was in the military service during the Civil War and rose to the rank of captain. He afterwards entered the U. S. army, from which he retired with the rank of major, becoming cashier of a bank at Hueneme, Ventura county, Cal. Major Gregg was married to Elizabeth ^NlcKnight, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth O'Hara (Denny) McKnight. Their chil- dren were Martha McM., Ellen McK., and Alice M.
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Eliza C'arotliers, daughter of Samuel and lluth (Elliott) Carotliers, Avas married (1), to Charles Hunter, and (2), in 184(), to Joseph Markle Thomp- son, son of Andrew Finley and Leah (Markle) Thompson. INlr. Thompson was born near A\'asiiing- ton, JMason county, Ky., August 20, 1822, and died at Uniontown, Pa. He was left an orphan in his infancy, his father dying when he was only three years old and his mother sur\ iving her husband for a very brief period. After tlie death of both his parents, he was taken to Mill (4rove, A\"estmoreland county, Pa., where he was reared by his grandmother, Mary (Rothermel) Markle. After her death, in 1882, he lived with his cousin. General Cyrus P. Markle, for eighteen years. While living with General Markle, he worked on the farm, at the paper mill and in the store, selling goods, keeping books and performing the many and diversified occupations that natui'ally devolved upon him in such a busy and enterprising- environment. In April, 18,50, lie purchased part of the Walters farm, in Redstone township, Fayette county. Pa., two miles from \ew Salem, where he lived until the following September, when he ac- quired a place better suited to his needs, in Menallen township, two and one-half miles from Uniontown. On the latter farm he was engaged in farming and stock-raising until 1802, when he was appointed Collector of Internal Jlevenue, for the Twenty-first District, of Pennsylvania, the largest internal revenue district in the state, outside of Pittsburgh and Phila- delphia. He was afterward appointed recei^ er of com- mutation money, for the same district, and in this
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capacity collected and paid over to the Government over $450,000, in addition to some $2,000,000 collected as internal revenue. In one day he collected over $100,000 whiskey tax. He held two commissions under President I^incoln for over four years, resign- ing both places, in 186(). He was one of the original stockholdei's of the First National Bank, of Union- town, upon its organization, in 18()3, and an original member of its Board of Directors. He became president of the bank, in 1870, a position that he held until his death. In 1873, he was nominated as a Republican candidate for the Legislature, from Fay- ette county, but hesitated to accept the nomination, as it was tlioiight there was no chance of electing a Republican from that county, which usually gave 1,000 Democratic majority. He was finally induced to accept the forlorn hope and was elected by a majority of 1,081 over his Democratic opponent. Colonel Alexander J. Hill. He was chosen a presi- dential elector, on the Republican ticket, in 1872. INIr. Thompson was a member of the first Board of Directors of the Union and AA^est \ irginia Railroad Company, and, after the resignation of G. A. Thom- son, he was elected president of the road. He was also president of the l^niontown Building and I^oan Association, from its organization, and contributed greatly by his energy and enterprise to the success of the association, which, under his administration, had a capital of $200,000. He was one of the founders of the Fayette County Agricultural Asso- ciation and was its president from its organization. He was a life-long member of the I'resbyterian
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Cliiireh, of ITiiiontown. and wus a ruling elder in the church for many years. He was a commissioner from Redstone I'resbytery to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian. Church, wliich met at Albany, X. Y.,in 1868, and he again sat in the General Assembly at the meeting in Madison, A Vis., in 1880. He was a director of the Western Tlieological Seminary, of the Presbyterian Church, at Alleglieny City, Pa. In liis youth, he had meager educational advantages, his schooling being confined to the limited curriculum of tlie public schools, but he devoted the spare hours of tlie daytime and most of the night, not dcAoted to sleep, to the acquisition of knowledge from books, and he became recognized as a man of wide and ex- tensive reading.
Issue:
1. William M. Thompson, of wliom presently.
2. Josiah V. Thompson, of wliom presently.
3. Kuth E. Thompson, married Dr. J. T. Shepler.
4. Leona M. Thonijjson, married J. A. Nieeolls.
The Thom])s()ns are descended from the old Thomp- son family, of Cecil county, ]\1(1. Mr. Thompson's great-grandfather, Thomas Thompson came into Penn- sylyania and settled within the bounds of the old Slate Ridge Presbyterian Church, near Delta, in Peach- bottom township, York county. In 1759, he remoyed to what was then Hamilton township, Cumberland county, Pa., now St. Thomas township, Franklin county, bringing with him his certificate of membership in the Slate Ridge Church to the Presbyterian Church at Rocky Spring. East of the yillage of St. Thomas, in Franklin county, on the turnpike leading from Chambersbui-g to Bedford, was a part of the early
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Thompson plantation. He did not obtain a warrant for the tract on which he built his dwelling-house until March 21, 1767 ; the survey was made January 8, 1768. It contained 2^5 acres, 142 perches and allowance. On the west, toward the present village of St. Thomas, was vacant land, and south and southwest were other lands of Thomas Thompson. Near the eastern extremity of the tract, what is now known as Dixon's Run, a con- fluent of Back creek, Howed through the plantation. It was on this farm that the old Thompson dwelling house was built. It was a plain wooden structure, which is still standing but not inhabited. Mr. Thompson acquired other lands in the neighborhood, his holdings at one time comprising 640 acres. The lands outside of the homestead went to his sons, Alexander and Samuel. The hoinestead became the property of his daughter, Margaret, who married \Villiam Archibald, and it is now the property of her grandson, William \ . Archibald. Mr. Thompson died in 1782, his wife, Martha, surviving him. They were biu'ied in a grave- yard laid out on the homestead, which is still preserved. Their children were Alexander, Samuel, Mary, Joseph, William, Margaret, and George.
William Thompson, son of Thomas and Martha Thompson, served with Captain William Rippey''s company, of the 6th Pemisvlvania battalion, in the second Canada expedition. About 1780, he removed to Westmoreland county. Pa., where he was active in re- pelling the sanguinary incursions of the Indians, on the western frontier. After the Revolution he went to Kentucky and died there. Mr. Thompson was married to Mary Jack, daughter of John Jack, and grand- daughter of James and Elizabeth Jack, early settlers in the Conococheaiiue \ alley.
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Andrew Fiiilev Thoinpsou, son of William and Mai'v (Jack) Thompson, was horn in Mason county, Kv., in 1791. He hecame a soldier in the war of 1812 and was taken prisoner at the surrender of Detroit, hy Genera] Hull, in August, 1812. After his release, he made his way on foot from Detroit to Westmoreland county, I'a., where he afterward married Leah Markle, daughter of Gaspard Markle, a pioneer of western Pennsylvania. She was not only (xaspard Markle's youngest daughter but the youngest of twenty-two children. Upon his marriage, Mr. Thompson took his bride to Mason countv. Ivy., where he lived until his death.
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T;^ILLIAM AVILSOX potter, son of .lames ^ ^ and Maria (Wilson) Potter, was born at Pot- ter's Mills, March 8, 1819, and died July 22, 1884. He was educated at the academy of the Rev. David Kirkpatrick, at Milton, Pa. He first engaged in merchandizing and milling with his father, and after- wards he was for many years agent of the Pennsyl- vania railroad at Bellefonte. JMr. Potter was married February (5, 1844, to Sarah Trvin, daughter of John and Ann (Watson) Irvin, of IJnden Hall.
Issue :
1. John Irvin Potter, was born at Potter's Mills, November 23, 1844. He became freight agent of the Pennsylvania rail- road at Bellefonte in 1888.
2. George Latimer Potter, of whom presentlv.
George I^atimer Potter, son of James and Maria (\Vilson) Potter, was born February, 1824, and died August 2, 1879. He studied medicine and began the practice of his profession at Bellefonte in 1849. He attained high rank as a physician. Dr. Potter was married to Thamasine Harris, daughter of James Harris, of Bellefonte. She was born September 1, 1821, and died September 10, 1876.
Issue :
1. James Harris Potter, of whom presentlv.
2. George Latimer Potter, of whom presently.
3. J Ann Potter, was born August 21, 1859, and died August 22, 1860.
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4. Marv Aim Potter, was boi'ii August 19, 1850, and died June 20, 1897. She was inai-ned to John C Miller, and had Charles Harris.
5. Lucy Maria Potter, was born September 17, 1852.
6. Thamasine T. Potter, was born February 4, 1866.
Thomas Burnside Potter, son of John and Amelia (Burnside) Potter, was born at Potter's Mills, Novem- ber 21, 1829. He was prepared for college at the I^ewistown Academy and was t^-raduated at Prince- ton. After leaving- college he studied medicine and was graduated JNI. D. at 'the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1851. He began the practice of his profession at Stormtown, Half JNloon A alley. Centre comity, but afterwards estab- lished himself permanently at Philipsburg. In 187o- 76, he was vice-president of the Centre County Medi- cal Society. He was surgeon of the 77th Regt., Pa. A^ols., in the Civil A\^ar. Dr. Potter was married (1), February 14, 1854, to Mary E. Myers. She died May 18, 1869. He was married (2), April 8, 1878, to Mary E. McMullen.
Issue by his first wife:
1. Harry Mehille I\)tter, was born June 7, 1855, and died August 7, 1855.
2. John Elmer Potter, was born July 16, 1857, and died March 15, 1858.
3. Dudley Blanchard Potter, was born September 14, 1860, and died Aui^ust 4, 1879.
4. William Myers Potter, was l)()rn March 27, 186:3, and died October 9, 1899. He was married May 15, 1888, to Rachael M. Steiner, and had a son.
5. Mary Elizabeth Potter, was born May l-'3, 1869, and died l)ecend)er 9, 1869.
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James Xjivier McLaiiahan, son of W^illiaiii and INIaiy (Gregg) ^IcI^anahan, was born near Green- castle, Pa., in 1809, and died in New York City, December 1(>, 1861. He received his preparatory education at a scliool in Hagerstown, Md., and was graduated at Dickinson College in 1820. After leav- ing college he studied law with Andrew Carothers, in Carlisle, and later with George Chambers, in Cham- bers])urg. He was admitted to tlie Franklin County Bar, January 11, 18;i0. He soon obtained a lucrative practice, and was a leader at the Bar for a quarter of a century. Mr. jNIcLanahan began his political career in 1841. In that year he was elected a member of the State Senate, serving one term, 1842 4.5. He was a Representative in Congress, 1849- .5»3. His suc- cess in Congress was so marked that he was made chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House in his second term. Previous to the organization of the Tliirty-second Congress he was urged to become a candidate for the speakership, but he declined. After his retirement from the Bar he removed to Xew York City. He was a man of imposing figure and courtly address. He possessed a voice of unusual compass and power, and he held a distinguished place as an orator. Mr. JNIcLanahan was married in 1843 to Jane McBride, daugliter of James INIcBride, a linen merchant of Xew York.
Issue :
1. (Teoroe McLanahaii.
Andrew Greg"' Curtin. son of Roland and Jean (Gregg) Curtin, was born at Bellefonte. Pa., April
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22, 1815, and died October 7, 1«1>4. He was educated under the Rev. Dr. Kirkpatrick, at JNlilton. He began the study of the law with WiUiani V\^. Potter, at Bellefonte, and hiter pursued his studies at Dickinson College, under Judge Reed. He was admitted to the Centre County Bar in April, 18.'37. He at once took a high place in the profession, his abilities before a jury being especially conspicuous. He took a deep interest in politics from the beginning of his career at the Bar. In 1840 he was active in tlie Harrison campaign and he stumped tlie state for Henry Clay, in 1844. He was chosen a })residential elector in 1848, and in 1852 his name was aijain on the VAHii"- electoral ticket. In 1854 he was chairman of the state central committee and managed the campaign of James Pollock for (Tovernor with great ability. In recognition of his services Governor I'ollock ap- pointed him Secretary of the Common wealtli. In this position he was ex-officio State Superintendent of Public Schools, and it was in the administration of the new scliool law of 1854 tliat his most important work was accomplished. During his term of office, and upon his recommendation, the present system of State Normal Schools was established.
JNlr. Curtin was nominated as tlie Repul)lican can- didate for Governor in 18(>(). He was also a delegate to the Republican National Convention of that year. His opposition to \\^illiam H. Seward in tlie conven- tion, on the ground that Seward's candidature would endanger his own election, was an important factor in the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for the presi- dency. The contest in the state was an animated one.
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Curtin spoke in nearly every county, and everywhere attracted large audiences and roused great enthusi- asm. He was elected by a majority that exceeded the most sanguine expectations of his friends. So successful was he as the \\^ar Governor of Pennsyl- vania that he was reelected in 1863 by a satisfactory majority.
The two acts of Governor Curtin's administration that gave him most renown were the organization of the famous Pennsylvania Reserves, in 1801, and the estab- lishment of the Soldiers' Orphans" Schools. So arduous were his labors that before the close of his first term his health was seriously impaired, and in 1804 his life was despaired of; in November, by the order of his physicians, he went to Cuba for the winter. In 1867 he was a candidate for the Ignited States Senate and in 1868 he was warmly su])ported in the Kepublican National Convention for tlie \ ice-Presidency. In 18()1) President Grant appointed him JMinister to Kiissia. Twice before he had been offered foreign missions, once by President Lincoln, and later by President Johnson. Before leaving for St. Peters- burg, he was accorded a public reception in Inde- pendence Hall by the councils of Philadelphia, and given a banquet at the Academy of Music imsur- passed as a manifestation of popidar affection. He returned from Russia in August, 1872.
Mr. Curtin was a member of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1873, and he was a Representative'in Congress, 1881 87, as a Democrat. His politics had changed, and he died estranged from the party of which he was one of the founders.
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In person Governor Curtin was tall and command- ing; his eyes were bine, his hair a dark aid)nrn, and his head was broad and massive. Before Ji pnblie andience he was persnasive and ins])irint)\
]\Ir. Cnrtin was married INIay 80, 1844, to Catharine Irvin AVilson, daugliter of Dr. A\^illiani I. and Mary (Potter) Wilson. She was born Jannary 17, 1821.
Lssue :
1. William AVil.son Curtiii.
2. Maiy ^^^ Curtin, inarried Dr. George F. Harris.
3. Jennie Curtin, married Dr. William H. Sage.
Martha M. Cnrtin. daugliter of Roland and Jean (Gregg) Cnrtin. was born August 21). 181!), and died August (), 1880. She was married in 18.'3(>t() ^^^illiam Irvin, son of John and ^Vim (\\"atson) Ir\'in. He was born at Linden Hall, Xoveml)er 1.5, 1805, and died of ^Vsiatic cholera at Amoy, China, September 9, 18(5.5. He was educated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, and was graduated M. D. at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in the same chiss with Dr. Pancoast. He practiced his profession in Hellefonte until 188(5, when he removed to Milesburg Iron AVorks, where he engaged in l)usiness with his brother James and ^Vndrew Gregg. He li\ed at Carlisle, 1842 .50, and was in tlie iron business at W^asliington Furnace, Clinton county, 18.58 (52. In the latter year he was appointed to a clerkship in the Second Controller's office, Washington, 1). C. In 18(54 he went to China as Consul at ^Vmoy.
Issue :
1. Roland Cui'tin Irvin.
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John Irvin Gregg, son of Andrew and Margaret (Irvin) Gregg, was born at Bellefonte, Pa., July 19, 1826, and died at Lewisburg, Pa. He volunteered as a private for the Mexican AVar in December, 1846, and became first lieutenant in the lltli U. S. Infan- try, February, 1847, and captain, September 5, 1847. After the war he engaged in the iron business in Centre county. Pa. He became a captain in the Penn- sylvania Reserves at the beginning of the Civil War, but was made captain in the 6th U. S. Cavalry in May, 1861. He became colonel of the 16th Pennsyl- vania Cavalry in October, 1862, and commanded a cavalry brigade in the Army of the Potomac from April, 1868, to April. 1865. He was severely wounded at Deep Bottom. For gallant and meritorious ser- vices during the war, he was bre^•eted major general of volunteers and brigadier general, U. S. army. After the war he was inspector general of freedmen in Louisiana and became colonel of the 8t]i V. S. Cavalry under the establishment of July 28, 1868. He w^as with his regiment on the Pacific coast till retired for disability incurred in the line of duty, April 2, 1870. General Gregg was twice married.
David McMurtrie Gregg, son of Matthew Duncan and Ellen (McMurtrie) (xregg, was born at Hunting- don, Pa., April 10, 1833. He was graduated at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point in 18.55 and was assigned to the dragoons, recei\'ing his full ap- pointment as second lieutenant in September, 1855. After a short service in Jefferson Barracks, INlo., he served in New Mexico and California in the cam- paign against the Indians, 1858-(U). In ^larch, 1861^
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he was appointed first lieutenant, and in JNlay follow- ing eaptain in the (>th Cavalry. In January, 1862, he was appointed colonel of the '^*8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was engaged at the battle of Fair (Jaks and the seven days fight in the Peninsular campaign. He became brigadier general of volunteers, Novem- ber 29, 1802, and commanded a division of cavalry in the Army of the Potomac, serving in the Stoneman raid, in the Gettysburg campaign, and at INline Run in the A\'^ilderness campaign and in front of Peters- burg. He commanded the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac from August, 18(54, until his resignation in February, 18()5. He was breveted major general of \'olunteers, August 1, 18(54. He was appointed United States Consul at Prague, Bohemia, by Presi- dent Grant, in February, 1874, but resigned, July, 1874. He was chosen commander of the Pennsylva- nia Commandry. Military Order of the I..oyal Legion, and was elected Auditor General of Pennsylvania, November ii, 181)1. (General (Tregg was married to Ellen F. Slieaff. of Heading. Pa.
Issue :
1. (Te()rf>;e Grei^ii;.
2. David McMurtrie Grei^o-.
William JNI. Thompson, son of Jasper jNIarkle and Eliza (Carothers) Thompson, was born in Union- town, Pa. He received his rudimentary education in the common schools of his native place, subsequently attending Jefferson College, at Canonsbiu'g, from whicli institution he was graduated in 1871. ^Vfter leaving college he undertook the management of his father's
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farm of six liundred acres, and, by the exercise of intelligent and progressive methods, achieved notable success in agricultural pursuits, attaining recognition as one of the representative men of his section.
Josiali y. Thompson, son of Jasper JNIarkle and Eliza (Carothers) Thompson, was a native of Union- town, Pa. After obtaining a preliminary education, he entered Jefferson College, at Canonsburg, like his elder brother, William M. Thompson, and was grad- uated with the class of 1871, of which his brother was also a member. On the completion of his studies, he entered the service of the First National Bank, of Uniontown, of which he became teller in 187*2. He evinced a marked aptitude for the banking business and remained identified with those interests, becoming cashier of the First National Bank in 1877. Upon the death of his father, he became president of the bank. Recognized as a leading and representative ad- herent to Repul)lican principles, he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of the state in 1906, and in the canvass preceding the convention showed elements of great strength and wide popu- larity. He was twice married.
Is.sue bv his first wife:
1. Andrew A. Thompson.
2. John R. Thompson.
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I^EORGE LATIiMP:R POTTER, son of Wil- ^^ Ham ^Vilson and Sarah (Irviii) Potter, was born at Potter's JNIills, April (>, 1847, and died at Belle- fonte. Pa. He stndied at the aeadeniy at I^awrence- ville, X. J., at the Pennsylvania State College, and at Washington and Jefferson College. After leaving college he read medicine for one year, bnt abandoned his intention of becoming a physician to take up the work of his father, who had met with an accident. In 1874 he engaged in the insurance business at Bellefonte. Among the heirlooms in his possession was the British Hag captured at JNIonmouth l)y his ancestor. Major W^illiam A\'ilson. Mr. Potter was married June 21, 187<>, to p],lizabeth J. Sanderson, daughter of W. C. Sanderson.
Issue :
1. Mai-o-uerite PottL-r, born July 29, 1877.
2. Sarah li-vin Potter, born March 14, 1883.
Mrs. Potter is a descendant of the famous Indian scout, Rol)ert Covenhoven.
James Harris l*otter, son of Dr. Cieorge Latimer and Thamasine (Harris) Potter, was born at Belle- fonte, Pa., January 14. 18.5o. He is extensively engaged in the wholesale hardware trade at Belle- fonte. Mr. Potter was married January 1(5, 1879, to ]\Iary Somerville.
Issue:
1. Donald Somerville Potter, born April 7, 1881.
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^. Thamasine Harris Potter, born Mav 11, 188J3. 3. Jannet Harris Potter, born October 30, 1890.
George I.,atiiner Potter, son of Dr. George I^ati- mer and Tluiniasine (Harris) Potter, was born at Bellefonte. Pa., December 28, 185G. He became gen- eral manager of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Baltimore. Mr. Potter was married to Susan French.
Issue :
1. Harris Potter.
2. Louisa French Pottei'.
FOK
^Ill EDMUND T. BEVVLEV, of Dublin, in his ^^ •'Family of Poe, or I'oe," traces the ancestry of the Poes, of Ireland, to Anthony Poe, of the Manor Papplewick, Northamptonshire, En<>land. Papple- wick was in the neighborhood of Newstead, the seat of the Byrons, and adjoined Sherwood Forest, of which the Byrons were stewards and wardens since 1485. Richard Poe was under-keeper of Newstead and Blydewortli, under Sir John l^yron, in 1.5J)1. This Kicliard Poe was the only cliild of Richard Poe, eldest son of William Poe, both of Horrinoham. William Poes will was dated July 15, 1557, and liis son Richard's May .*31, 15r)4. Besides Richard, Wil- liam l\)e named two other sons in his will Edniond juid Thomas.
The Manor of Papplewick was <>ranted by Fetters Patent to Sir John Byron, father of the Sir .John, un- der whom Richard Poe was under-keeper. May 28, 1540, Anthony Poe, yoeman, was one of the tenants of Papplewick when he made his will in January, 1()05 ()(). He was a grandson of William Poe, of Horringham (Hoverinoham), and a soji either of Edmond or Thomas Poe. Dr. Feonard Poe, to whom many pedigree-mongers imputed the ancestry of the Poes, of Ireland, was his kinsman, probably his nephew, according to Sir Ednumd Bewley. In that case, James Poe, of PoesHeld, in the County of Derby, was his brother. This theory is demolished by Dr.
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Leonard Poe's burial certificate, from which we learn that James Poe. his father, was a son of Richard Poe, of Poesfield, Derbyshire. Richard Poe, son of AVilham, of Hoveringham, Notts, liad only one son, Richard the under-keeper. The Poes of the counties of Nottingham and Derby were, no doubt, kinsmen, but the data at hand is too meager to establisli a closer relationship.
Anthony Poe, of Papplewick, died before 1012. The name of his wife, who survived liim, was Alice Frost. She was probably the mother of his children. His sons were AVilliam, John, Thomas, Richard and Anthony, and his daughters were Alice, Anne and Elizabeth. Three of these sons, AVilliam, Thomas and Antliony, w^ent to Ireland at the Plantation of Ulster. John, the second son, was given tlie unex- pired lease of his father's homestead. Of Ricliard nothing lias l)een learned, but he may liavc been the Richard Poe, who was married in the parish of Xew- ark-on-Trent, June 9, 1631, to JMary Laurence.
AA^illiam I'oe, eldest son of Anthony Poe, of Pap- plewick, was an interesting character. He went to Ireland, at the Plantation of Lister, w^ith I^eonard Blennerhassett. Among liis early acquisitions of lands in Ireland was five balliboes or townlands, in "the great proportion of l^rade," which he obtained from Captain James JNIervyn, eitlier in fee-simple or fee- farm. In 1()28 he married his first wife, Frances, only daugliter of John Sedborough, of JNIount Sedborough, County Fermanagh. John Sedborougli was a mem- ber of the family of Sedborougli at Porlock, in Som- ersetshire, and was one of the original undertakers in
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the Plantation of Ulster. Sedborough was allotted tlie lands known as "the small proportion of Latgir," otherwise Latgare, in the precinct of Clancally, now Clankelly, County Fermanagh, from King James I, May 12, 1G13. To this grant he gave the name of the Manor of Mount Sedborough. Sedborougli died about the time of Poe's marriage to liis daughter Frances. In Micliaelmas term, 1628, Poe sued out a commission in the Coin-t of Chancery, requiring cer- tain commissioners to inquire, witli tlie aid of a jury, as to what breaches, if any, there had been of the condition as to alienation contained in tlie Letters Patent to .Tolm Sedborougli. His professed object was to discover whether any disloyal subjects were in possession of lands that properly belonged to the Crown; but his real object was to obtain for himself a grant of the forfeited lands. Among those likely to be affected by l*oe's proceeding was Ste])lien ^VUen, Esq., a man of position in the County Fermanagh, who had obtained title to a part of Mount Sed- borougli. To prevent his title from being impaired, Allen joined with other tenants or sub-tenants of the estate in indicting Poe for the offense then known as common barratry. Poe was charged with being a public disturber of the peace, an oppressor and calumniator of the king's subjects, and a stirrer up of strife among them. The case was tried at the Fer- managh Assizes, in the spring of 1()28 29, and Poe was acquitted by the jury. Notwithstanding his ac- quittal, Allen succeeded in preferring fresh charges against him for the same offense, and Poe was held for trial at the next summer assizes. Poe then made
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his way to England to seek royal favor and protection, in which he partly succeeded, and a legal contest fol- lowed that was very bitter on both sides. Poe was finally tried a second time and acquitted, while Allen was shown by a Chancery Inquisition to have ob- tained a grant from John Sedborough in fee without having taken the oath of supremacy. Allen charged Poe with forgery in obtaining the King's Letter. Poe was absent from Ireland from 1()30 to 1637, but in the latter year, upon his return to Ireland, he was summoned to appear before the Star Chamber in London to answer for the alleged forgery. Poe was sent over to Kngland for trial. The case was tried JNIay 30, 1638, and he was found guilty of procuring counterfeit persons to personate men of value in seal- ing a bond for £200. He was held a prisoner in the King's Bench until 1()42, when he was released and became a captain in the Parliamentary army.
As an officer in the Ci^'il War, \\"illiani Poe was given command of a troop of horse, and he seems to have ser^'ed in Cromwell's own regiment. He dis- tinguished himself at the battle of Melton Mowl^ray. In 1645, he was given command of 400 horse, but within the next year his troop suffered so hea\'ily that it was reported as consisting of a captain, a lieutenant, two trumpeters, and three soldiers. In 1647, Captain Poe offered to serve in Ireland, but money was scarce and there was no means of accept- ing his offer. He was ad\'anced to the rank of major. After this he was engaged for some time on special service for the Committee for both houses of Parlia- ment and actively pursued a course half predatory
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and half patriotic. Among those whom he harried was Sir James Stonehouse, who had bought vahial)le lands of Sir John Byron, Lord Byron, of Xewstead. In this connection it will be remembered that his early years were spent on the Byron estate, at Pap- plewick. Poe continued active in obtaining informa- tion against the recusants and delinquents for some years and continued to live in England imtil 1()7'3.
AVilliam Poe's first wife, Frances Sedborough, died within a few years of their marriage, and he was married a second time, in England, to a woman whose maiden name was Mary Jones. She was the widow of a knight whose name lias not been ascer- tained. In the entry of her burial, at St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, she is called Lady Mary Poe. Upon his return to Ireland, after his long residence in England, William Poe began a suit, in ejectment, for the recovery of lAIouut Sedborough, claiming a conveyance from John Sedborough, but died, in 1(578, before the case was determined. The claim seems to have been an exceedingly nebulous one. ^Vfter JNIajor Poe's death, his widow, Mary Poe, began proceedings, in chancery, for the recovery of the Sedborough manor, which was called, by lier late husband. Manor Poe. In the answer of Jolin Maine, son of Barbara (Sedborougli) Maine, to the bill of Mary Poe, widow of \Villiam Poe, dated May 7, 1686, it was claimed that the Manor of Mount Sedborough was in- herited by Peter Sedborough, only son and heir of John Sedborougli, by his first wife. Peter Sedborough died before the rebellion of 1(541, and the manor descended to his daughter, Barbara, the mother of
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John Maine. It does not appear that the Widow Poe succeeded in her effort to recover possession of Sedborough Manor. WiUiam Poe, of "Manor Poe," made a will, "considering my great age," dated INIay 24, 1678, and proved December 8, 1682, with Mary Poe, the widow, as sole executrix. In this will, AVilliam Poe took himself seriously as a man of wealth and station, and remembered his nephews and nieces with small legacies that could never be paid. One of these bequests to his nephew Richard Poe, son of his brother Thomas, was especially curious. It was for "10 tates of my land when they are re- covered from the heirs of Hugh Lord Greenawley and Charles Balfour." AVhat it all means we can only surmise. Here was a man whose name is per- petuated in the Poe bridge, that spans the Poe river, now generally called the Fairy AVater, above its con- fluence witli the Strule, north of Omagh, in County Tyrone, but the application to which is forgotten. A Chancery Inquisition, taken at Newton- Stewart, County Tyrone, May 29, 1631, affords a key to the mystery. According to this inquisition, Bryan O'Xeale and others, "meer Irish.' held by demise from AAilliam Poe, assignee under Captain James Mervyn, undertaker of the great proportion of Brade, in Omagh barony. County Tyi'one, tlie ballibo of land called MuUaviny, etc., whereby " it is become forfeited " — that is to say, forfeited through being sub- let to mere Irish. Brade was originally granted to Sir Mervyn Tuchett, I.,ord Audley's eldest son, by his first wife. Lucy, daughter of Sir James Mervyn, of Fonthill. Wilts. From him the title passed to his
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sister, Christiana, who married Sir Henry Mervyn, of Petersfield. and from tliem it was inherited by Captain James Mervyn. wlio conveyed to Poe. Captain Mervyn died without issue and the title now went to Sir Audley Mervyn. M. P., for Tyrone, and from liim to liis son. Henry Mervyn, wlio married for his second wife, Susanna, I>ady Clanawley, daugh- ter of Sir AMUiam I^alfour. It woidd be tedious to follow the forfeitures, surrenders and regrants that finally brought Poe's purchase under the shadow of the Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, near where Lord Audley, the first Earl of Castlehaven. died in 1()17, into the possession of Hugh Lord (Tlenawley and Charles Balfour. This Hugh Lord (Tlenawley was Hugh Hamilton, son of Malcohn Hamilton, Arch- bishop of Cashel. The Clanawley and (rlenawley peer- ages, of Ireland, are distinct, the former having be- longed to the Balfours and the latter to the Hamiltons. Both are extinct, the one expiring in 1().'}4, and the other in 1()80. Lord Glenawley obtained his title to the Poe land by purchase from John Lsshenwho inherited from his fatlicr. Sir A\'illiam Lssher; Sir William had bought them from Sir Pierce Crosbie. Crosbie ol)- tained them througli his wife, who was the widow of Lord Audley. Sir Pierce Crosbie was a son of Pat- rick Crosbyc, of Queens county, who had the ward- ship and marriage of Thomas Beard, of Colte. son and heir of AA^illiam Barde or Beard, who had a grant of Maryborough, from Queen Klizabeth. The origin of the Charles Balfour claim is not easy to trace after more than two centuries of forgetfulness. Even Poe bridge is a tantalizing reality that affords little aid in span-
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iiig the Fairy AVater of defective titles that WiUiam Poe. of "iNIanor Poe," found so bewitching.
Thomas Poe, third son of Anthony Poe, of Pap- plewick, went to Ireland as a retainer of Thomas Blennerhassett, who was an imdertaker of 2,000 acres of land in the barony of Lin-g, County Fermanagh, during the Plantation of Ulster. He started in Ire- land with a bra\'e showing of leases, for he obtained from Blennerhassett a lease of the tate of Letter})uy, and the half-quarter of Edernagh, containing two tates in Edernagh and Dromchime. According to an inquisition taken at Crevenish, April 4, 1()*27, he had not taken the oath required from the assignees or lessees of the undertaker or .'grantee. This probably resulted in the end in the surrender of his leases. In an inquisition in 1630, or before, his arms were reported as a sword and snaphance. Eater, 1637-43, he was a grazier at Donegal, County Donegal, and was extensively engaged in buying and selling cattle. AVhen the great rebellion of 1641 broke out, Poe took service in the Parliamentary army and served as a lieutenant until the insurrection was suppressed. After the outbreak he was robbed of all his personal estate, ^■alued at £3,360 — a very large simi in those days. In the deposition made by him, September 19, 1643, for the purpose of proving the injuries he sustained, he is described as "Thomas Poe, of Killeene, in the County of Donegal, Esq." In a bill in chancery, filed by him in December of the same year, against Daniel Hutchinson, of Dublin, for the reco^'ery of a debt, his place of residence is given as "Donegal, County of Donegal." He finally settled at Cloghan, a village
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and post-town in the parish of C'allen, barony of Garry Castle. Kings eonnty.
When tlie allotment of lands to tlie soldiers and adventnrers came to be made. I^ieutenant Tliomas Poe obtained a grant by I^etters Patent, dated March •2. 1667 68 (20 Charles II). for Killownie, 115 acres profitable, and 62 acres unprofitable: part of Cappah West, called Lislane, 16 acres profitable, and .50 acres unprofitable; and part of Knockgiltygranane. 88 acres profitable, and 70 acres unprofitable: a total of 219 acres profitable, plantation measure, and 8.55 acres statute measure, all in Upper Ormonde barony. County Tipperary. He also obtained by purchase 382 acres of land, plantation measure, in Xenagh parisli. Lower Ormonde barony. County Tipperary, which he owned at the time of his death. His will was dated December 19. 1683, showing that, like his brother A\ illiam. he lived to be a very old man.
Anthony Poe, youngest son of Anthony Poe, of Papplewick. seems to liave gone to Ireland about the same time as liis brothers \\"illiam and Thomas. He settled on the Mervyn estate, in County Tyrone. Nothing is known of his doings before the breaking out of the ci^ il war in England. He served for many years in the Parliamentary army as a lieutenant, and having attained the rank of captain, was sent over to Derry in Ireland, witii one lumdred and fifty men in 1648. He served until the close of tlie Irish rebellion and then settled down at Skreene. County Meath, where he died in 1(554. His will was made January 10. 1653 54. and proved May 12. 1654. In his will he speaks of a grant of which he evidently was then
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in expectation for his arrears of pay in these words : " Sons Daniel and Antliony, botli minors, hinds that I have or should have from the Commonwealth." He also mentions " arrears due in England, " that he bequeathed to his daughter ^lary. Provision was made in 1G5'2, allowing officers of the army to be- come adventurers for lands on the same terms with men from civil life imder the act of 1042, generally called the Act rates. But the adventurers were first to be settled with before the forfeited estates coidd be free for disposal by the Parliament to the army, and besides, the native Irish were to be transplanted into Connaught, one of the tragedies of history, or transported ovev sea to ser\'e as soldiers in other lands. Captain Poe died during the consequent delay in the settlement of his claim and it was not until after the restoration tliat liis widow and heir obtained the grant that he was expecting. These assumptions are proved by the names of his widow and his children Daniel, ^Anthony and Mary being found among the certificates for ad^'enturers, soldiers, etc. (membrane ()2, roll xi, and ms. (54 and ()5, roll xxix). and of his widow and eldest son among the certificates of tiie Court of Claims of Innocents, No. 40. bundle v. That his ser\'ices were considered important, perhaps involving his death, is sliown by a grant of Drum- goolstown of 447 acres of land, statute measure, June 18, 1()07. to Mary Poe. widow, and Daniel Poe, son and heir of Anthony Poe, gent., and a further grant of 48 acres, March 24, 1()70, to Mary Poe, probably the daughter and legatee of arrears in England. Drumgoolstown is a ^ illage in the parish of Stra-
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bannon, barony of Ardee, County Louth, four miles from Ardee, on the road to Castle Belhngham. Part of the first orant was on the north side of the rWer Atherdee and the other in Athilent. This estate was afterward known as Poe's Court.
John Poe, second son of Anthony Poe, of l*apple- wick, and his father's testamentary heir, is only known to us through the pro\'ision of his father's will and the mention of him in the will of his brother, JNIajor Wilham Poe, who speaks of Ann Hide, daughter to his brother, John Poe, and ^Vnn, her daughter. Whether he remained on the paternal holding in Papplewick, went into Ireland or emigrated into the province of jNIaryland, has not })een ascertained.
There was at least one other Poe. in Ireland at the Plantation of Ulster, who has not been identified with the Poes of Papplewick, l)ut who was })r()bably of the same stock. This was Edward Poe. a retainer of James JNIervyn i\t the same time with A\'illiam Poe, afterwards of "Manor Poe," so-called. He was probably identical with the Poe who married Anne (JNIansfield) Goodwin, widow of Robert (Toodwin. and daughter of John MansHeld. who was son and heir of Captain Ralph JNIansfield, an English under- taker in the precinct of Lifibrd, barony of Raphoe. County Donegal, at the Plantation of Tlster. Cap- tain Mansfield owned the manor of Ivillerguerdon, now Killygordon, on the road from Stranolar to Stra- bane. Robert Goodwin was M. P. for [..ondonderry city in lO.'U, Mrs. \uue Poe was again a widow in 1()(;2.
More than a century later was David Poe, of
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Dring, in the parish of Kildallon, County Cavan, who is especially interesting to Americans because he was the ancestor of Edgar Allan Poe. David Poe may have been a descendant of William Pew, whose name is found in connection with the ownership of half a tate of land in Donagh parish, County JNIonaghan, in 1660. At that time William Poe, of ''Manor Poe," was still in England, after his long service in the Parliamentary army, ready to welcome Charles II back to the throne of the Stuarts. Sir Edmund T. Bewley, in his " Family of Poe, or Poe," evinces a conunendable earnestness in trying to solve the prob- lem of the poet's ancestry. That David Poe, of Dring, was Edgar Allan Poe's great-great-grand- father is unquestionable. The poet's father and grandfather were both named David, but these are the only instances of the use of the name in America. Neither General David Poe's uncle, Alexander Poe, of Marsh Creek, or any of his sons, nor any of "Gen- eral" Poes brothers, or any of their sons, ever named a child David. It is not a family name with the Poe's in the United States, ^^^hen the eminent Irish genealogist had traced the poet's ancestry back to David Poe, of Dring, he could find no thoroughfare beyond. Expecting to be guided by David as a family name, he could discover no other David Poe in Ireland. In his search he uncovered the Poes, of Clonfeacle, a comparatively modern family of spin- ners and linen weavers. An examination of the public records revealed the fact that the Poes, of Clonfeacle, spelled their name not only Poe, but Poel, Pole, Pooel, Poole, Powel. Powell. Powle and Pul. There is
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something sardonic in the suggestion that tlie family of Edgar Allan Poe spelled his name with as many variants as were used by William Shakspere. These variations led to an excursion among tlie Powells, of England and Ireland, w^ith tlie result that it was found that Jonatlian Powell and David Powell served in one of tlie regiments of the Parliamentary army for suppressing the Rebellion of 1041. After his marriage, in 1710, another Jonathan Powell, son of Arthur Powell, of tlie parish of Armagh, County Armagh, settled at Corr, in the parish of Drumlane. County Cavan, which adjoins the parish of Kildallon, in which Dring is situated. From this, it is assumed that Jonathan Powell, of Corr, and David Poe, of Dring, were brothers. These genealogical deductions are almost as weird as one of Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of the Arabesque.
David Poe, of Dring, was a tenant-farmer on the estate of the INIaxwell family, now represented by Lord Farnham. At the present time the townland of Dring contains 180 a., 8 r., 10 p., statute measure, of which 1*2 a., 2 r., .37 p. are under water. Between 1720 and 1731, he was a number of times one of the overseers of the parish of Kildallon, and at the same period he was a member of the parish vestry. In 17-il, he entered into the customary marriage l)ond of his son, John Poe, with Jane jNIcBride, of Dru- mully parish. County Fermanagh, His will was made August 25, 1742, and proved September 22, 1742. In his will he named his wife, Sarah ; his daughter Anne, wife of Archibald Scott; his son, ^Vlexander. then in America; Mary Cowman, and his son, John.
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Alexander Poe, elder son of David and Sarah Poe, of Dring, emigrated to Pennsylvania before 1739. He was an early settler on the Manor of Masque, in what is now Adams county, Pa., his claim for his land dating back to April, 17-39. He was to receive £5 sterling under liis father's will, if lie returned to Ireland with- in six years, but he remained on his Pennsylvania farm until his death, about 1787. His will was proved in York county, March 24, 1788, and that of his wife, Margaret, January 28, 1789. He had a son, John Poe, and three daughters : Sarah, wife of James Marlin ; Mary, who married (1) David Peden, and (2) Archibald Findley ; and Margaret, wife of Thomas Ormond. \Vhat became of John I'oe has not been ascertained. The Findleys removed to Indiana county. Pa., and one of their sons, Alexander, mar- ried Catharine Deemer. It is an interesting fact in tliis connection tliat Diemer Bard, yoimger son of the Rev. David and Fllizabfeth (Diemer) Bard, was one of the witnesses to the will of ^lartha Find- ley, of AVheatfield township, Indiana coimty, Pa., in 1819.
John Poe. younger son of David Poe, of Dring, received at his marriage one-third of his father's holding and under the will of his father as much more as would make up the half, being the fourth part of luring, togetlier with ten liead of sheep and tlie one-lialf of all tackling belonging to tlie plow. This shows that David Poe's liolding was only one- half of the Dring farm. In 1749, John Poe emi- grated to America with his family. As it is said that he hrst came to Pennsylvania, it is probable that he
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spent some time on his brother Alexander's farm on tlie Manor of Masque. Later he remo\'ed to Cecil county, Md. Mr. Poe, was married in Irehuid in 1741, to Jane Mc Bride, who, it is beheved was a dauo'hter of the Rev. llobert McBride, for many years Presbyterian minister at Ballymoney, and a sister of John McBride, an admiral in the royal navy. He died about 17o(), and his wife in 1802. Their children were David, Cieorge, Jean, Mary and AVilliam.
David Poe, the eldest son of Jolm and Jane (Mc- Bride) Poe, was born at Dring, parish of Kildallon, County Cavan, Ireland, in 1742, and died at Balti- more, Md., October 17, 181(5. He began life as a wheelwright in Baltimore. As a young man he was very active in fomenting the Revolution. He is credited with l)eing the leader of the mob tliat ousted Rol)ert Cliristie, the provincial sheriff, and with l)eing concerned in tiie attack upon the printing office of VA^illiam Goddard, the lil)eller of ^^"ashington. He was appointed (juartermaster at Baltimore, November 19. 1777, and served during the war. \\^hen he grew to be an old man he was always called General Poe. After the Revolution, (General Poe became a merchant in Baltimore, and was very successful. Mr. Poe was married to Elizabeth Cairnes, of Pennsyl- vania. Slie died July 7, 1885. His children were David, Maria, and perhaps others. Maria Poe was born March 12, 171)0, and died February 16, 1871. She was married July 18, 1817, to AA^illiam Clemm, and had a dauolitcr, \ ir<j['inia, wlio became the wife of her cousin, Kdgar Allan Poe.
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Davnd Poe, son of David and Elizabeth (Cairnes) Foe, was born at Baltimore, Md., about 1786, and died about 1811. He was intended for the legal pro- fession and began his studies in the office of William Gwynn, Esq., but becoming enamored of a young English actress, a widow, he eloped with her and was disowned by his father. He adopted the stage as a profession, but was not a brilliant actor. He was married, in 1805, to Mrs. Elizabeth Hopkins, widow of C. 1). Hopkins, an actor, who was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, singers of repute, at Covent Ciarden Theatre, lA)ndon. She was brought to the Ignited States by her mother and, as Miss Arnold, became a favorite with American audiences. She died De- cember 8, 1811. Their children were AA^illiam Hemy Leonard, Edgar ^Vllan, and Rosalie, \^^illiam Henry Leonard Poe was born in February, 1807, and died in July, 1831, and llosalie Poe was born in 1810. and died, unmarried, July 21. 1874.
Edgar Allan l*oe, second son of David and Eliza- beth (Arnold) Poe, was born January 19, 1809, and died October 7, 1849. He was married INlay 10, 1880, to his cousin, \ irginia Clemm. daughter of William and Maria (Poe) Clemm. Slie was born August, 1822, and died January 80, 1847. She had no children.
George Poe, son of John and Jane (McBr;(]c) Poe, was baptized at the Croghan Presbyterian Church, which was situated near the town of Killeshandra, and about three and a-half miles from Dring, July 31, 1744. He was married to Katharine Dawson, and was the father of Judge Neilson Poe, and the grand- father of John P. Poe. attorney-general of Maryland.
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A^^illiam Poe, son of John mid Jane (McBride) Poe. was probably born in Cecil county, JNId., and died in Geor"ia, in Anoust, 1805. He removed to (Tcorgia in 1789-90. He was married to Frances A\^inslow. Their children were Robert Forsyth, Ma- tilda, William and Washington. Mrs. Frances (A\' ins- low) Poe was a niece of Mrs. Forsyth, the mother of the Hon. John Forsytli, and she was a oreat-orand- dau()'hter of Captain Harry Beverly, of Be\'erly l*ark, \^a. Robert F. Poe was married to Eliza A\^hite, and had one daughter and one son. His daughter was
married to Bixby, and was the mother of R.
F. P. Bixby, a New York millionaire, and of Grace Bixby. wife of Count Mankowski. of Kensington, London. A grandson of Robert F. Poe died, aged twenty-two, three weeks before he woidd have been graduated from the llniversit}^ of (Tcorgia. Matilda Poe died of yellow fever, at Savannah, (ya., in 1827. She was married to Joseph Cimiming, and had William Henry, Mary Cuthbert, Montgomery and A\'allace. It is said of Joseph Cunnning that when he asked the consent of his father, Thomas Cumming, to his marriage with Matilda Poe, he received for his answer: "Yes, my son, but you are not worthy of her." AVilliam Henry Cumming was a medical mis- sionary to China, and a linguist, scholar and physician. He was married to a Miss McDowell, or McDonald, and had Montgomery, Annie and Charles. Mary Cuth- bert Ciumning was married to Thomas E. Xesbet, and had a daughter, Hattie, now Mrs. E. D. I.<atta, of Dilworth, Charlotte, X. C. Wallace Cunnning had a daughter (Mrs. Houston) and a son, W^allace.
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William Foe, son of William and Frances ( Winslow) Poe, had seven children: Thomas, who had a daugh- ter, Susan; Ellen, wife of Dr. Symmes ; Nannie, wife of D. D. Sloan; Joseph T., who married Nola Taylor; Nelson, who married Nannie Crawford; Harris, who married Miss Sloan; and Francis AVins- low. AVashington Poe, the youngest son of William and Frances ( Winslow) Poe, was a public-spirited citizen and a man of high character. He was married to Salina Shirley Norman, who died in 1896, in her 84th year. Their children were Oliver, Mary (Mrs. JMoore), and A\^illiam.
An early Pennsylvania Poe was Patrick, who died in Bucks county, leaving a large family of cliildren, of whom nothing is known to the present writer.
There were German families in Berks and Lan- caster counties, who spelled their name Poh, but the only noteworthy German Poes in this country are descendants of George Jacob Poe, who settled in AVashington county, Md. George Jacob Poe died in Frederick county, Md., in 1766. He emigrated from Germany before 1742, and settled on the Antietam in Frederick, now Washington county, Md. He owned a plantation on the west side of the creek, in what is now the I^eitersburg district, before 1748-49. He obtained an order for the survey of the adjoining tract of 100 acres, February 10, 1748, which was named " AVell Taught," and patented July 4, 1749. Mr. Poe obtained warrants for a resur\ey of "'AVell Taught" in 1752, the patent for which, dated March 14, 1754, embraced 1,300 acres, and included the site of Leitersburg. Much of the survey was on the east
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side of the Antietiiin. He sold all his land except 362 acres in 1755. Foe obtained another warrant for a survey of other lands on the west side of tlie Antietam in 1761, but the next year he sold the site of Leiters- burg and assigned his interest in the resurvey of " AVell Taught" to Jacob Leiter, the ancestor of the well-known Leiter family, into which Lord Cur/on of Kedleston married. Later he purchased land on Fish- ing Creek, Frederick county, Md. He was mmdered by one of his teamsters on the road to Baltimore. His children were George, Andrew, Kate and xVdam.
(ieorge Foe was born in (xermany about 1737. He inherited the Foe homestead near Jefferson, in Frederick county, JNId. In the Revolution he remained loyal to the crown. His son (Tcorge was born near Jefferson, October 7, 17*.)1, and died near Leiters- burg, iMd., February 11, 1861). He was married to Catharine Ziegler, daughter of George and Barbara (Beck) Ziegler; they liad twelve children. His de- scendants are still represented amotig the old families of \\'^asliingt()n county. Md.
^Vndrew and ^Vdam Foe were the celebrated Indian figliters, wliose struggle with Big Foot in the Ohio river has become historic. To these brothers Scotch- Irish antecedents have often been attributed by American writers.
^Vndrew Foe was })()rn in Frederick county, Md., September 20, 1742, and died in (ireene township, Beaver county. Fa., .July 15, 1823. He is known among his descendants as Capt. Andrew Foe. He was married Jamiary 15, 1780, to Elizabeth llutan, a native of Essex county, X. J. She was born Septem-
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her 25, 17.58, and died in Beaver connty. Pa. They had eleven children. The extant family among his descendants is represented by his son, Adam Poe, who was born in Beaver connty, I'a., April 4, 1791, and died January .5, 18,59. He was popidarly known as Deacon Adam Poe. He was married to Elizabeth Laughlin, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Simpson) Jjaughlin, of Bea\'er county, Pa. Many of his de- scendants live at Ravenna, O.
Adam Poe was born at sea in 174;5, and died in Stark county, C, September 28, 1888. After the Revolution he settled in AVayne township, Columbi- ana county, O., and in 1812 removed to Stark county. He was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Cochran, the widow of a settler who was killed on the Oliio river. She was born in Ireland, February, 17.50, and died December 27, 1844. They had three sons, Thomas, David and Andrew. Andrew Poe was born in AA'^ash- ington county. Pa., November 12, 1780, and died in Stark county, O., August 12, 18.51. He was married to Xancy Hoy, a native of York county. Pa., who was born June 6, 1779, and died March 29, 1865. They had twelve children. Of these, his son, Charles Poe, who was born in Columbiana county, ()., Sep- tember 26, 1807, and died in Coshocton county, De- cember 14, 1852, was married to Susanna ^Varner, a native of Fort Loudon, in Franklin county. Pa. She was born November 5, 1818, and died March 81, 1881. She was the mother of the late IVlajor General Orlando Metcalfe Poe.
^HOJNIAS POE, whose ancestry hits not been -*- established, was born early in tlie eiirhteenth century, and died in ^Vntrini townsliip, Cuniberhmd, now Frankhn county. Pa., in 1770. All the circum- stances attending his emigration to Pennsylvania, and his family affiliations and associations, after his settle- ment, point to Ireland as the country of his nativity. That he sprang from the family of Anthony Poc, of Papplewick, is a reasonable conjecture. So far as is known, there never was any other ^Vnglo- Irish Poe family. As regards the unattached Poes, as Sir Ednnmd Bewley called those for whom he found no place, they were few in number, and their immediate families have long been extinct in Ireland. As to the Clonfeacle Poes, if the Bewley Powell theory has any validity whatever, they were never Poes at all. Cer- tainly men like John Poe, of Maryland, ^Vlexander Poe, of the Manor of Masque, and Thomas Poe, of Conococheague, would never ha\'e called themselves Poe if their name had been Powell. As to Anthony Poe, of Papplewick, the descendants of two of his sons, if any, have not been accounted for. Of Richard Poe, of Papplewick, nothing is known except his probable marriage. Of the descendants of John Poe, Anthony's testamentary heir, except that he had a daughter, Ann Hide, our knowledge is equally meager. It is not known that he had any sons and it is not known that he had not. It is not known that X (:«i9)
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he ever went to Ireland, and it is not known that he did not go. As to Sir Edmund T. Bewley's unsuc- cessful search of the Hearth Money Rolls, in the most likely places, for Poes, it has no significance. They would be most likely to be found in the most unlikely places. Tlie printed pedigree of Captain Anthony Poe, of Skreene. is unsatisfactory and probably in- complete. Only Major William Poe, of "Manor Poe," can be eliminated from the account, because it is known that he had no sons.
In his "Family of Poe or Poe," Sir Edmund T. Bewley says: "Lieutenant Thomas Poe seems also out of the question, as we have — as will be seen by Pedigrees A and B — very full information as to his sons and their issue."
An examination of the Pedigrees shows that they are far from complete. Of the seven sons of llichard Poe, of Belleen, eldest son of I^ieutenant Thomas Poe, of Cloghan, we have a genealogical account of the descendants of only one — liis second son, Edward Poe, of Belleen. His other sons — Thomas, the eldest, and Jolm, Anthony, Ricliard, AVilliam and Robert — are only names. It is not known whether any of them married, or wliether they died si)ic pi^olc. Thomas, the eldest, and, indeed, any one of these miglit have been the father of Thomas Poe, of Cono- cocheague.
In America, the name is pronounced as if spelled Po, and a similar pronunciation seems to have been used by tlie family in England, but in Ireland it has tlie sibilant sound, Poey. The use of the French accent indicates French origin. If the Poes were of
CHART OF THE FAMILY OF RICHARD POE, OF BELLEEN
Thomas Poe Mert-y Poe Ann Poe Elizabeth Poe Susannah Poe Sarah Poe Samuel Poe 1, Edward Poe
^Richard Poe . . Of B f 1 1 f e II , d . March 15. 178-': married Susan- nah, daughter ot John Kings- ley.
Richard Poe . Of Belleen, Co. Tipperary, son of Captain Thomas Poe, of C 1 o g h a n : married
Thomas Poe
Edward Poe . . Of Belleen, mar- ried Mary or Mercy, dausrh- ter of Richard Waller.
John Poe
Anthony Poe
Richard Poe
William Poe
Robert Poe
Elizabeth Poe
Arabella Poe
Jane Poe
Mary Poe
Edward Poe . . Of I. imcrick, mar- ried (I) Hester Sargent.
Married (^2) Mary, daughter of Herman Jacobs.
I Edward Poe I Thomas Poe lEIizabelh Poe
Herman Jacobs
Poe Mercy Poe Mary Poe Christian Poe Charlotte Poe
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continental antecedents tliey may ha\ e conie to Eng- land in the path of the Conqueror. Their settlement in Nottinghamshire goes back a long period before the Plantation of I: Ister.
It is not definitely known when tlie ancestor of the Poe family, of the Conocochcague, cjune to Pennsylva-
()1(1 Tor Mansion The South Winy-
nia, but it was probably before 1741. The tradition is tiiat Thomas Poe, the emigrant, and John Potter came to Antrim township, then in Lancaster county, in 174(). Poe obtained a warrant for his plantation, October 0. IToO. and a \varrant for a smaller tract was dated the same day to Potter. Poe's tract, which began on the Conococlieague, on the north, and ex- tended along the (luilford township line to the east-
372
THE BARD FAMILY
ward, forming a V at its southern extremity, em- braced 568 acres and 40 perches and allowance. It was surveyed by John Armstrong, 1). S. A copy of the Armstrong draught, made for the Franklin county records by Emanuel Kuhn, is reproduced as a part of the draft of the Poe and Potter plantation.
The stone mansion built by Thomas Poe is still standing in good condition. The year of its erection
Old Poe Farmhouse — Kast \'ie\v
is unknown, the tablet, in the south wall containing the date, having disappeared. It is a mansion of a type common among the gentry in Ulster after the Plantation, and often reproduced in Pennsyh ania by Irish emigrants in the eighteenth century. The main part of the building is a square structure two stories in height, with a wing on the south of only a story and a half. The south wing was built first, in the lifetime of Thomas Poe. but when the main struc- tiu'c was erected the whole edifice was made to
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appear as if built simultaneously, as is shown by the archway on the east front, whicli unites the main building and the wing. This archway was, in itself, a featiu'e of the mansion in the olden time. \A'^hether it was a broad doorway or an open entrance is a problem. I^ater, tlie arcliway was walled up at the sides, probably by jNlr. Frederick, to contract tlie space for the present doorway. The building, in its present condition, presents tlie appearance of a neg-
Tlif Poc Barn
lected farmliouse rather than that of a colonial mansion. In the eighteenth century and at the l)e- ginning of the nineteenth there was an imposing front on tlie northwest side of the house, facing the Cono- cocheaguc. The main farm building, built by Captain James Poe after the ]{evolution, is a typical Pennsyl- vania l)arn.
jNlr. Poe lived on his plantation until his death, and was a prominent man in Antrim township. He tilled a number of local offices. He was one of the
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overseers of the poor in 1702, and he was serving as constable in 1770, the year of his death. In the Cumberland county record of his appointment to these offices his name is written Pow in one case and Pough in thepther. His will was probated in Cum- berland county, September 20, 1770, with William Duffield and Allan Killouo'h as executors. He gave his only son, James, the plantation on which he lived, and to his daughter, Mary Long, a plantation in Hamilton township and a negro girl. To his wife, Mary Poe, he left, as special bequests, his negro woman, Nan, and a negro boy, Peter. His other daughters had apparently received their shares in his estate as advancements, for he g-ave Catharine Bard only €5 and Susanna Potter £lO.
The name of Mr. Poe's wife was JNLuy. The tra- dition is that slie was Mary Potter, a sister of Cap- tain John Potter. She died September 2.5, 1788.
Issue :
1. James Poe, of whom [)iesentlv.
2. Catharine Poe, married Riehai'd Banl. (For her history, see sketch of Richard Bard in " Descendants of Richard Bard.")
3. Susanna Poe, married Sanuiel Potter. (See sketch of Samuel Potter in Potter Family.)
4. Mary Poe, married (1) Alexander Long; {^2) John McMullen, of whom pivsently.
II
TAMP:S POE, son of Thomas and Mary Poe, ^ was born in Antrim township, Lancaster, now Frankhn county, Pa., April 15, 1748, and died June 22, 1822. He was brought up as a farmer and fol- lowed that occupation all his life. As a young man, he served with Captain James Potter's company in the pursuit of the Indians that murdered Enoch Brown, the schoolmaster, and the children at Brown's school house, July 2(>, 17()4<. At the begimiino- of the Revolution he was a lieutenant in Colonel Jolm ^Vlli- son's battalion of Pemisylvania militia, which ser\'ed under General Hugh Mercer, at Perth ^Vmboy, X. J., in the autunm of 177<). He was a captain in Colonel Abraham Smith's battalion, Cumberland County As- sociators, 1777 7D. He was in active service with a marching company in Colonel AVilliam Chambers' battalion of tlie third class, under the call of July 28, 1777. His tombstone, in the Brown's Mill grave- yard, bears testimony to his ser\'ices as a soldier of the llevolution. After the Revolution, Captain Poe held a nmnber of important offices. He was county commissioner of Franklin county, 1785-87, and again, 1791 DJi; served in the I^egislature, 1704 97 and 1800 03, and represented Franklin county in the State Senate, 1811 10. In politics he was a Repub- lican. We have a glimpse of his party activity in the fact that he presided over a meeting to make Repul)- lican (Democratic) nominations for Franklin county
cm:,)
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at the house of George Steck, Chambersburg, August 29, 1809. James Poe was an extensive landowner at tlie time of liis death. His will was dated June 7, 1822, and probated June 25, 1822. To his son, John, he gave the old Poe homestead ; to JMary and Eliza, his ^lifflin eounty lands on the Kishacoquillas, and lands west of the Alleghenies: and to Harriet and Susanna, his Centre eounty lands. All the shares were to be equalized. His executors were John Poe, James Potter (the Judge), Archibald Bard and David Fullerton. He named Bard, Fullerton and Robert Robison to determine the division line be- tween John and A\^illiam; and James Potter, W'^il- liam Potter, Andrew Ciregg and William Ir\'in to value the lands devised to Mary, Eliza and Susanna. AVilliam Poe died witliout issue before the will could be carried into effect. Harriet Poe elected to take land in Potter townsliip. Centre county, and Eliza tlie lands on the waters of the Big Mahoning, in .Jefferson county; Mary, Eliza, Harriet and Susanna declined to take any other lands.
Captain Poe's father, Thomas Poe, evidently re- garded liis son as a "confirmed bachelor," for his will contained a provision that in case of James' death without issue his share in the estate should go to his sisters and their children. He was subsequently mar- ried to Elizabeth Cathcart Potter, only child of Gen- eral James Potter by his first wife, Elizabeth Cath- cart. She was born in 1767, and died September 11, 1819. AVithout early educational advantages, Mrs. Poe became well versed in English literature, and she was noted as a brilliant conversationalist. She
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rests by the side of lier husband in Brown's Mill graveyard.
Issue :
1. James Poe, died unmarried, at Bellville, Mifflin county, Pa., and was buried on his farm at his own request.
ti. Thomas Poe, was born in 1786. He was graduated at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.,and became a civil engineer. He was deputy surveyor of Franklin county, 1809~1'3. He en- listed in Capt. Samuel Gordon's company, March 1, 1814, and marched from Loudon to Erie, where the company was attached to the 5th regiment. Col. James Fenton. Poe was made adjutant of the regiment. He was a man born to connnand. It is told of him that by the mere power of his presence he quieted an outbreak in camp, and bv a word forced the men to go to their quarters. He was mortally wounded at tiic battle of Chip])ewa, July 25, 1814, and died the next day.
3. John Poe, of whoni presently.
4. William Poe, died unmarried in 1834.
5. Margaret Poe, married James Campbell, of whom pres- ently.
(j. Mary Poe, was n)arried December 5, 1844, to Matthias Nead, of Chambersburg, Pa. She was his second wife; they had no children.
7. Eliza C. Poe, died in 1834. She was married in 1833 to Dr. Peter Fahnestock, of l'ittsl)urgh. Pa.
8. Harriet Poe, was l)()iii in 179(), and died unmarried, December 1, 1831.
9. Susanna Poe, married Sanuiel Van Tries, of whom j)res- ently.
10. Charlotte Poe, was boiii in December, 1799, and died unmarried. May 23, 1819.
JVIary Poe, dauojiter of Thomas and Mary Poe, died October 4, 1818. She was twice married. Her
378 THE BARD FAMILY
first husband was Alexander Long, a farmer in Guil- ford township, Franklin county. Fa., near Marion. He was killed while returning with his team from Baltimore. She was married (2), to John JMcMuUen, son of Alexander Me Mullen, an early settler in the Conococheague Valley. He died July 10, 1822. He was a farmer in Peters township, Franklin county, Pa. Mr. McMuUen was a Revolutionary soldier. He served as a pri\'ate in Capt. George Crawford's march- ing company of Col. James Dunlop's battalion, Cum- berland coimty militia, under the call of July 28, 1777. He was also in service in Capt. David Shields' company, ordered to Standing Stone, in Jidy, 1778. In 1700 he went to Indiana county, but was driven away by tlie Indians. He was a ruling elder of the Upper AVest Conococheague (Mercersburg) Presby- terian cliurch from 1701) until his death.
Issue by lier first husband:
1. Marv Long, married John Speer, of whom presently,
2. Agnes lA)ng, married Archibald Rankin, of whom pres- ently.
3. Catharine Long, married Thomas Waddell, of whom presently.
Issue by her second husband:
1. Alexander McMullen, of whom presently.
2. James Poe McMulleii.
3. Thomas McMullen, was baptized August 5, 1790, and died September 1, 1803.
4. Margaret McMullen, married Wilham Waddell, of whom presently.
5. Rachel McMullen, married Jeremiah Evans, of whom presently.
Ill
TOHN POE, son of Captain James and Elizabeth ^ Cathcart (Potter) Poe, was born in 179(3, and died December 25, 18()2. He was not snccessf'ul in the management of the hu-i»e estate that he received imder the will of his fatlier. By an indenture dated April 7, 1843, he turned over his property to his brother-in-law, Samuel \ an Tries, of St. Thomas township, in trust for the payment of his debts and to secure the adv^ances made l)y his wife. Even this failed to save the old Poe homestead, and by a deed dated JNIarch .*5(), 1844, John and Isabella Poe con- veyed the plantation to Mrs. Poe's sister, Maria Har- bison INIcElhare. Mrs. McElhare sold it to Sanuiel Frederick, April 3, 1848. It is now owned by John Poe's son, John E. Poe. After his failure Mr. Poe remo\ed to Culbertson's Row, where he lived durina" the rest of his life. He was a large man with an impressive manner, and many stories are told of his eccentricities. Mr. Poe was married January 31, 1831), to Isabella Harbison, daughter of Adam and Martha Harbison, of Culbertson's Row. She was born No- vember 15, 18()(), and died Fe!)ruary 1(3, 18(>3.
Issue :
1. Tliomas Harbison Poe, was born January 7, 1840, and (lied unmarried, Oetober 19, 1859.
2. James l^otter Poe, was born April 'il, 1841, and died August 10, 186(3.
3. Isabella Marion Poe, was horn November 13, 1843, and
CM 9)
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died September !^1, 1888. She married Henry Stouffer, son of Henry and Marv (Flickinger) Stouffer. Issue: a daughter, Mary, married May 29, 1872, Landis A. Besore, and had Mary, Ennna, Kate, Daisy, George and Alice.
4. John Edgar Poe, of wliom presently.
5. Angeline Martha Toe, was born March 24, 1849.
Margaret Poe, daughter of Captain James and Elizabeth Cathcart (Potter) Poe, was born December 7, 1785. and died January 27, 1864. She was married to James Campbell, son of James and Phanuel (Ran- nels) Campbell. He was born in 1785, and died July 19, 1855. He liv^ed in the old Campbell home- stead, in St. Thomas township, built by his grand- fatlier. He served in Davis' Mounted Rifles, under General Harrison, and was in the battles of Tippe- canoe and the Thames. After his return to his home, he marched with Captain Culbertson's company to the defense of Baltimore, in 1814. He was an exten- sive owner of real estate.
Issue :
1. Charles Thomas Campbell, of whom presently.
2. Elizabeth Charlotte Campbell, married Arthur Camp- bell Chambers, of whom presently.
James Campbell's father and grandflither were also James. James Campbell, his grandfather, was born in Scotland and was a captain of horse, of the house of Argyle, in the Rebellion of 1745. After the failure of the fortunes of the Pretender, he became a refugee and finally made his escape to America. He settled at the spring on the turnpike near St. Thomas, where he built the stone house still standing on the rocks above the spring. This was about 1750, the date of his deed
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from the I*ro[)rietarie.s. He was married to Rebecca Brown, daughter of Thomas Brown, of Brown's Mill. She died March 23, 1778. Their children were Charles, Thomas, George, William, Michael, and James. Two of these sons, Charles and Thomas, were distinguished in the Revolution, as was also their brother, James. James Campbell, son of James and Rebecca (Brown) Campbell, was an officer of the Pennsylvania Line, in the Revolution. He entered the service as ensign in the 1st Peinisvlvania, Mav 30, 1779, and was })romoted to be second lieutenant, Julv 18, 1780. He was retained in the ;u'rangement of January 17, 1781, and served until the close of the war. After the Revolution he lived on the old Campbell homestead, near St. Thomas. He became an extensive landowner in western Penn- sylvania. He was married to Phaiuiel Ramials, daughter of rlohn and Ruth (Brown) Rannals. Siic was his cousin. Their children were Charles, John, -James, William and Sarah.
Mrs. CampbelPs father, rjohn Rannals, died in Cham- bersburg, l*a.. in 178(). He was a[)pointed justice of the peace for Guilford township, then in Cumberland county, March 1, 1783, and was one of the first justices of I'^ranklin county.
Susjinna Vol\ chiiiohter of Cjiptain James and Elizabeth Catlicart (Potter) l*oe, died November 10, 1882. She was married February 1, 18.37, to Samuel y-du Tries, sou of /V})raham Van Tries. He was horn at Shirleyshuro-, Pa., iu 1802, and died at Bellefonte, Pa,, Au(>ust 21, 1888. He spent liis early life in Fulton and Franklin eounties. \\ liile still a young man, he engaged in the manufaeture of iron in the Big Cove, in Fulton eounty. Failing in liis enter-
382 THE BARD FAMILY
prises, lie lived for a while at St. Thomas, in Frank- lin county, but in 1843 removed to Penn's Valley, and in 1851 to Potter's INIills. At the latter place he remained sixteen years. He then went to Bellefonte, where his last years were spent. He was a member and for many years an elder of Sinking Creek Presby- terian Church. It is said of him that with all his other excellencies, he was a modest man.
Issue :
1. Thomas Campbell Van Tries, of whom presently.
2. Louisa Van Tries, was born October, 1844. Slie was married to James R. Harris, a merchant of Philadelphia; thev have one daughter, Eleanor.
3. George Latimer Van Tries, was born October, 1849.
Abraham Van Tries was a successful merchant at Holli- daysburg. Pa., where he died in July, 1851. The family name of his wife was Miller. She was born in 1762, and died in 1860. Their children were Samuel, John M., a physician; Henry Smith, and Matilda, wife of the Rev. James Sanks.
Mary Long, daughter of Alexander and Mary (Poe) I^ong, died in Peters township, Franklin county. Pa., May, 1800. She was married in September, 1796, to John Speer, son of James and INIary Speer, of Franklin township, Adams county. Pa. He died at Apollo, Armstrong coimty, Pa., at an advanced age. He was a brother of the mother of James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the LTnited States. From her father, Mrs. Speer inherited 400 acres of land in Guilford township, Franklin coimty.
Issue:
1. Alexander Speer, of whom presejitly.
THE BARD KINSHIP ;}8;5
'"Z. James Speer, died September 21, 1801.
Mr. Speer'.s father, James Speer, emigrated from Coimtv Tyrone, Ireland, in 1759, and settled in what is now Adams county, Pa. His home was in the Gap, in the South Mountain, eight miles northwest of Getty sbur<<;. Karly in life he was a Covenanter, hut later he became a Presbyterian. He married his wife, Mary, in Ireland. His children were Nathaniel, Alexander, John, James, William and Elizabeth, wife of James liuchanan. His son, William, was a Presbyterian minister, and the an- cestor of the Speer family, of Pittsburj^h, Pa. He was at one time pastor of the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church, Chand)ersburg, Pa.
Agnes Long, daughter of Alexander and JNIary (Poe) Long, was married March 1), l/JH), to ^Vrchi- bald Rankin, son of Jeremiah Rankin, of Peters township, Franklin county, Pa. He was a county commissioner of Franklin county, 1804 ()(>.
Issue :
1. Prances Rankin, was born in 1805, and died unmarried, February 12, 1827.
Jeremiah Rankin was a son of James and Jean Rankin, who were among the early settlers of Peters township, afterwards Montgomery. James Rankin was a taxable in 1751; his children were William, Jeremiah, James, David, Ruth and a daughter, who married Sanuiel Smith. Jeremiah Rankin served as a private in Captain John McConnelFs marching company, of Colonel Abra- ham Smith's regiment, in service in 1778. His children were Jeremiah, David, James and Archibald.
Catharine Long, daughter of Alexander and ^Llry (Poe) Long, died August 27, 1818. She was married
384 THE BARD FAMILY
ill April, 1796, to Thomas Waddell, son of A\^illiain and Elizabeth (Stockton) Waddell. He was born in Peters township, Franklin county, Pa., in December, 1792, and died June 23, 1852. He was a private in Capt. Thomas Bard's company, that marched to the defence of Baltimore in 1814. On the 4th of July of that year he was appointed brigadier general of the Franklin county militia. He was a county audi- tor of Franklin county in 1822.
Issue :
1. Alexander Waddell, was married to Mary Erwin, daugh- ter of James and Olivia (Hard) Krwin. (See Descendants of Richard Bard.)
2. John Waddell, married Jane Allen.
3. Thomas \Vaddell.
4. William Waddell, of whom presently.
5. Archibald Waddell, was i)orn in 1811, and died Octo- ber 3, 1849. He was married to Maria Morrow, of McCon- nellsburg, Pa.
6. James Poe Waddell, was born in 1815. He was mar- ried to Susan Flora, of McConnellsburg, Pa.
7. Kliza Waddell, married Robert McKinnie, of whom presently.
William Waddell, the ancestor of the Waddell family of Franklin county, Pa., was a brother of the celebrated '" blind preacher of Virginia. He served as a private in Capt. George Crawford^ company, of Col. James Dun- lop's marching battalion, Cumberland county militia, under the call of July 28, 1777. He was a ruling elder of the Mercersburg Presbyterian church from 1792 until his death in September, 1830. He was married to Elizabeth Stockton; thev had two sons, Thomas and William.
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Alexander IMeJMiillen, son of John and Mary (Poe) McMullen was born near Mercersburg, Frank- lin county, Pa., and died in Indiana county, Pa., in 1863. He was reared on his father's farm. In 1814, when his brother, James P. INIcMullen, was drafted into the service of the United States, he volunteered in his brother's stead and served witli Capt. Samuel Gordon's company, of Colonel Fenton's regiment, of which he was promoted to be a sergeant. He partici- pated in the battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane and was mustered out with his regiment at All)any, N. Y. In 1819 he removed to Indiana county and completed the improvements begun by his father in 1790. The farm was named '* Dargle" after the High- land home of the McMuUens. He was a county com- missioner of Indiana county and held other offices. Mr. McMullen was married February 1.5, 181(j, to Catharine McKinnie, daughter of James and Eliza- beth (Bard) McKinnie. She died August 18, 1834. (For children see Descendants of Richard Hard.)
Mr. McMullen was married (2), to Ucbecca Camp- bell, a sister of Judge Joseph Campbell.
Issue l)v his second wife:
1. Alexander K. McMullen.
'2. Joseph C. McMullen.
;3. William Harvey McMullen.
4. Sarah A. McMullen.
5. Eva McMullen. (). Ellen McMullen.
Margaret McMidlen. daughter of John and Mary (l\)e) McMullen, was born in 1784, and died July 2, 18o8. She was married November 27, 1800, to
386 THE BARD FAMILY
William Waddell, son of William and Elizabeth (Stockton) Waddell. He was born in Peters town- ship, Franklin county. Pa., in 1774, and died Sep- tember 27, 1867. He was a farmer near Mercersburg, Pa. Mrs. Waddell was blind for eight years previous to her death.
Issue;
1. Mary Waddell, was born in 1801, and died unmarried, October 16, 1859.
2. John Waddell, was born in 1803, and died in 1877. He was married to Margaret Lawrence, of Greencastle, Pa. His eldest son, William Lawrence Waddell, Avas born June 20, 1837, and died at Mount Lawrence, Ohio, September 2, 1903. He enlisted in Company I, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Sep- tember 4, 1861, as second lieutenant, and was chosen first lieutenant of Company K, same regiment, December 2, 1863. On April 22, 1864, he was elected captain of Company I, same regiment. He was breveted major, in 1865, and on July 16, 1865, was nmstered out of the service. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and of Joe Hooicer Post, No. 21, G. A. R., of Mt. Vernon. Major Waddell was married March 30, 1881, to Caroline White. The other children of John and Margaret Waddell were John Calvin, killed in the Civil War; Sarah, married David Grove, of Greencastle ; and Margaret (Mrs. Jennings), died at Springfield, Ohio, December 28, 1901.
3. Catharine Waddell, was born in 1805, and died un- married.
4. Elizabeth Waddell, was born in 1803, and died in 1875. She was married June 19, 1838, to John Richey, and had Mar- garet Speer and Mary.
5. Nancy Rankin Waddell, was married to Alexander Gor- don ; they had no children.
6. Rachel Waddell, died young.
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7. William Waddell, was born in 1811, and died July 29, 1836. He was a farmer in Franklin county, and was killed by lightning. He was married to Catharine Miller, and had one son, William, who served in the Civil War, and was drowned in the Mississippi.
8. Thomas Foe Waddell, was born in 1817; died young.
9. Caleb Stockton Waddell, was born in 1819; died young.
10. Frances Ann Waddell, was born in 1822; died un- married.
11. Margaret Waddell, was married to George E. Smith, of Indiana county. Pa.; they had no children.
12. Sarah Jane Waddell, was born June 24, 1827.
Rachel McMulleii, daughter of John and Mary (Poe) McMullen, was married to Jeremiah Evans.
Issue :
1. Mary Eliza Evans, was born in 1813.
2. John McMullen Evans, was born in 1815.
3. Mary Poe Evans, married John Bard, son of Thomas and Jane C. (McFarland) Bard. (See "Descendants of Richard Bard.")
IV
TOHN EDGAR POE, son of John and Isabella ^ (Harbison) Poe, was born December 24, 1845. He is a farmer in Guilford township, Franklin county. Pa. He owns the old Thomas Poe home- stead. Mr. Poe was married December 17, 1874, to Anna Elizabeth Koler, daughter of Elias Koler. She was born October 23, 1856.
Issue :
1. Alice Myrtle Poe, was born June IJ^, 1875, and died June 3, 1879.
2. Hein-y Franklin Poe, was born December 15, 1877. He was married in 1895, to Ida Gel wicks, daughter of John F. Gel wicks, who was a son of Frederick Gel wicks, of Guilford township. His children are William, Hazel and Catharine.
3. Enuua Elizabeth Poe, was born Fel)ruary J20, 1880. She was married March 17, 1898, to Jeremiah George, a de- scendant of Matthias George, an early Cxerman settler in Guil- ford township, Franklin county. Pa.
4. Minnie Blanche Poe, was born November 6, 1881.
5. Bruce Albert Poe, was born March ^1, 1883.
Charles Thomas Campbell, son of James and Margaret (Poe) Campbell, was born near St. Thomas, Franklin county. Pa., August 23, 1823, and died at Scotland, S. D. He studied at the Chambersburg Academy, a military school at Bedford, and Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pa. At the beginning of the war with Mexico, he was appointed a lieutenant in Company B, 11th Infantry, V. S. ^Vrmy, and served
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with such distinction tiiat he was made captain of Company A, in Autrust, 1847. After his return from Mexico liis niihtary ardor was very ^reat, and he organized the Irwin Artillery, which was the feature of the so-called military encampments that were so popular at that period. Captain Campbell was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representa- tives in 18.52. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Captain Campbell hurried away to Harrisburg with his battery, and such was his energy that within a month he had organized a regiment, the 1st Pennsyl- vania iVrtillery (4.*3d Reg't., P. V.), of which he was made colonel. 'JMie regiment was attached to the Pennsylvania Reserves, Colonel Campbell acting as chief of artillery of the division. It was found im- practicable to keep the batteries together, and in JNIarch, 18(32, he accepted the command of the 57th Pennsylvania \"olunteers, a riHe regiment in Kear- ney's Division of the Third Corps. He was severely wounded in the battle of Fair Oaks, and brouixht in at night as one of the dead. He was found to be alive, however, and soon rallied. In Xo\ ember, 18()2, he was appointed a brigadier general just in time to be wounded even more desperately in the terrible encounter at Fredericksburtif, December l.*3, 18()2. Being too much shattered for service in the field after his recovery, he was given command of the Depart- ment of the Northwest, which he held until the gen- eral muster-out in January, 186(1. After the Civil War, (general Campbell made his home at Scotland, in South Dakota. Late in life he became editor of a newspaper.
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General Campbell was married October 1, 1850, to Fannie E. Bruce, daughter of Rev. Robert Bruce, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Issue :
1. Norman Campbell, died, aged 22 years.
2. Agnes Campbell, died, aged 19 years.
Rev. Robert Bruce, Mrs. CampbelPs father, was born in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland, in 1776, and died at Pittsburgh, Pa., June 14, 1846. He was graduated at the l^niversity of Edinburgh in 1801, and studied theology in the Associate Hall, under Prof. A. Bruce. He was licensed bv the Presbvterv of Perth in 1806, and innnediately "missioned" by the Synod to the United States, in company with Dr. Alexander Bullions. In 1808 he was installed pastor at Pittsburgh and Peter's Creek. He was president of the Western Uni- versity, 1820-43, and of Duquesne College, 1844-46.
Elizabeth Charlotte Campbell, daughter of James and Margaret (Poe) Campbell, was married to Arthur Campbell Chambers, son of Arthur and P^leanor C. (Stockton) Chambers. He was born in 1822. They had no children.
Arthur Chambers was a descendant of Rowland Cham- bers, an early settler in the Cumberland Valley, near Carlisle, where he died December 24, 1746. He was one of the commissioners ap})ointed by the Lancaster county court, November 4, 1735, to lay out a road from the Suscjuehanna toward the Potomac. By his wife, Elizabeth, he had four sons: John, Arthur, James and Robert. The father and grandfather of Arthur Camp- bell Chambers were both Arthin-. His father, Arthur Chambers, was born in 1770, and died September 25,
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1838. He was a successful merchant at Alercersburg, and the owner of several good farms. He was married May 27, 1813, to Eleanor C. Stockton, daughter of Caleb Stockton. His wife died June 5, 1841.
Thomas Campbell A an Tries, son of Samuel and Susanna (Poe) \ an Tries, was born January 80, 1840. He was graduated M. D. at the INIedical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1868, and practiced at Pennsylvania Furnace, Bellefonte and Blairsville. Dr. Van Tries was married November 5, 1873, to Mary Jane Milligan, of Newport, Pa. She was born in 1840, and died May 10. 189().
Issue : '«
1. Eleanor V^an Tries, was born September 21, 1874, and died March 8, 1878.
2. William Potter Van Tries, was born June 29, 1879.
Alexander Speer, son of John and Mary (Long) Speer, was born at Stony Batter, Franklin county. Pa., and died in W^ashington, D. C, in 18.54. He was a physician and began the practice of his profes- sion at Gettysburg before 1828; in that year he returned to Mercersburg and practiced there, 1828 41. He was a member of the first Montgomery township school board and was acti^■e in promoting the success of the new conunon school system. Through the influence of his cousin. James Buchanan, he was appointed to a position in the U. S. Treasury Depart- ment, Washington. Dr. Speer was married (1), to Margaret Windom, of (Tcttysbiu-g, Pa. She died September 11, 1832. He was married (2), to Maria H. Coyle. She was born in 1798 and died April 25, 1839.
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Issue by his first wife:
1. Margaret Speer, baptized April 26, 1829.
Issue by his second wife:
1. Alexander A. Speer.
2. Maria Speer, niarried Chase Andrews. '3. Elizabeth Speer.
^^^illi^lnl Waddell, son of Thomas and Catharine (Long) Waddell, died in 1880. He was married February 14, 1828, to Ruth Grubb, daughter of Joseph and Jane (McClelland) Grubb. She was born in 1803.
Issue:
1. Thomas Alexander \\'^addell, for many years a prominent citizen ofT'Vanklin county. Pa., but now deceased.
2. Jane McClelland Waddell, baptized July 30, 1830.
FAiz'ci Waddell, daughter of Thomas and Catha- rine (Long) Waddell, was born in 1800, and died September 10, 1855. She was married February 5, 1824, to Robert McKinnie, son of Josiah McKinnie. He was born near Church-hill, Franklin county. Pa., May 81, 1795, and died April 6, 1882. He was left an orphan in his childhood and was brought up by his aunt, Elizabeth McKinnie. He inherited from his father a large tract of land and lived on his farm until 1865, when he removed to Mercersburg, Pa. Mr. McKinnie was a typical Irish gentleman and a lover of the chase.
Issue :
1. Walter ^McKinnie, died January, 1826.
2. Catharine Long McKinnie, married Michael H. Keiser.
3. Sarah Jane McKinnie.
4. William A. McKinnie, was born Eebruarv 2, 1831. He
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lives at Greeiicastle, Pa., where he has been a justice of the peace since 1886. He was married February 6, 1856, to Mrs. Marv Jane Rhodes, daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Bard) McDowell, (see Descendants of Richard Bard). She was born in 1835 and died December 6, 185(). They had one son, Alexander, who died in infancy. Mr. McKinnie was married (2), Pebruarv 2, 1861, to Mary Salome Trout; they had issue: William AVaddell, Harold Austin, Maggie Bell, Mary Jane, Rose Edna and Bessie F.
5. Josiah McKinnie.
6. Mary Isabella McKiimie, married James W. Alexander.
7. Margaretta McKinnie, married Archibald B. McDowell.
8. Anna Maria McKinnie, married James E. Campbell.
9. Rebecca C'oyle McKiimie, jnarried Isaac Allison.
COCHRAN
^T^HE Cochran family, of Chester county, Pa., is -•- of Scotch-Irish origin, but was planted in Ire- land nearly half a century before the Plantation of Ulster. As a matter of course, Irish genealogists claim the Cochrans as ancient Irish, and point to Amruadh, grandson of Eile, the red king, as the founder of the family. As early as 1570, John Coch- ran, of Paisley, Ayrshire, Scotland, went to Ireland, and five generations of his descendants were born before there was another migration. The line is as follows :
1. John Cochran, of Paisley;
52. James Cochran, his son;
3. John Cochran, his son;
4. James Cochran, his son ;
5. Robert Cochran, his son.
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TIOBERT COCHRAN, -the Honest," son of -*-*' James Cochran, and great-great-grandson of John Cochran, of Paisley, was the ancestor of the Cochrans, of Chester county. Pa.
Issue :
1. James Cochran, of whom presently.
2. Stephen Cochran, of whom presently.
3. David Cochran, of whom presently.
The three Cochran brothers obtained a large grant of land on the Gap and Newport Turnpike, where the village of Cochranville perpetuates the family name. James Cochran\s lands were south of those of Stephen and David.
It is probable that Robert Coclu'an, "the Honest," had another son, William Cochran, of " Carrollsburg."
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II
TAMES COCHRAN, son of Robert Cochran, ^ "the Honest," was born in Irehmd, and died at Fagg's Manor, Chester county. Pa., in 1760. He emigrated to Pennsylvania with liis brothers, Stephen and David, before 1725, and settled first in Sadsbury township, Cliester county, removing to Fallowfield township in 1745. He was lieutenant of Captain Joseph Wilson's company in the Associated Regi- ment of Chester county, 1747-4'8, and he was a lead- ing man in the Fagg's Manor Presbyterian Church (New^ Londonderry), of which he became a ruling elder in 17'39, after the accession of Rev. Samuel Blair to the pastorate. Mr. Cochran was married to Ann Rowan, daughter of Cornelius Rowan, an early settler in Chester county. Pa.
Issue :
1. Ann Cochran, was married to the Rev. John Roan, a native of Ireland, who died October -3, 1775. He was educated at the Log College, and licensed bv the New Side Presbvterv, of New Castle. He was pastor of the united congregations of l^axtang and Derrv, 1741-75. Their son, Flavel Roan, who was born July 31, 1760, and died at Lewisburg, Pa., Feb- ruary 19, 1817, was sheriff of Northumberland county, 1791- 94, and a mend)er of the Pennsvlvania Legislature, in 1795. His sister, Margaret Roan, was the wife of William Clingan, of LTnion county, Pa.
2. Robert Cochran, was born April, 17i^6, and died October 520, 1759. He had a daughter, Isabella.
'3. John Cochran, of whom presentlv.
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4. Stephen Cochran, of whom presentlv.
5. James Cochran, died s. p. in 17(i8.
6. Jane Cochran, was born Marcli 16, ITJi'i, and died Jnne 28, 1805. She was married to the Rev. Alexander Mitchel, who was born in 1731, and (hed December 6, 1812. He was pastor of the Deep Run Presbyterian Chuivh, Bucks county. Pa., 1768-85, and of the Upper Dctorara and Doe Run con<>;re- <;ations, Chester countv, 1785-96. They had no children.
7. George Cochran, died March 22, 1786.
Mrs. Cochran's father, Cornelius Rowan, died in August, 1725. In his will, he named his wife, Ann, his sons, Abraham and David, and his son-in-law, James Cochran.
Stepiien C'ochnin, son of llobert Cochran, '"the Honest," was born in Ireland, Jannary, 1702, and died in Chester county. Pa., December 1, 1790. He emigrated to Pennsylvania with his brothers, James and David, and settled in Fallowfield township, Chester county. He was a witness to the will of Robert Fleming, of Londonderry township, as early as IT^l. He was a member of the board of trustees of Fago's Manor Presbyterian Church in 1700. It is probable that Mr. Cochran's wife was Isabella Ross, as his brother-in-law. John Ross, was one of his executors. She was born January 4. 1700, and died May l!>, 1760.
Issue :
1. Sanuiel Cochran.
2. James Cochran, was born in 17''J8, and (Hed DecxMuber 12,1812.
3. Robert Cochran.
4. Jennv Cochran, niairied Ariustroni''.
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5. Cochran, married Yough, and had
Jenny.
6. EHzabeth Cochran.
7. Anne Cochran.
8. Rebecca Cochran.
David Cochran, son of Robert Cochran, "the Honest," was born in Ireland in 1710, and died in Chester county. Pa., June 19, 1771. He emigrated to Pennsylvania with his brothers, James and Stephen. He settled in Fallowfield township, Ches- ter county, about 1745. The name of his wife was Margaret. She was born in 1717, and died May 12, 1802.
Issue :
1. Robert Cochran, was born in 1749, and died November 1, 1835.
2. David Cochran, was born April 21, 1752, and died June 21, 1825.
3. Jane Cochran, married James Cunningham.
4. Margaret Cochran.
5. Isabel Cochran.
Ill
JOHN COCHRAN, son of James and Ann ^ (Rowan) Cochran, was born in Sadsbury town- ship, Chester county, Pa., September 1, 1730, and died at Palatine, N. Y., April 6, 1807. He was edu- cated at the grammar school of the Rev. Francis Alison, and received his professional training under Dr. Thompson, at Lancaster. He served as surgeon's mate in the expedition against Fort Frontenac, in 1758. In 1761 he settled at New Brunswick, N. J., where he practiced his profession without interrup- tion down to the Revolution. He was one of the founders of the New Jersey Medical Society in 1766, and became its president in 1769. Dr. Cochran was appointed Physician and Surgeon-General of the Middle Department, Continental Army, April 11, 1777; Chief Physician and Surgeon of the Army, October 6, 1780; and Director-General of Military Hospitals, January 17, 1781. He served to the close of the war. In 1790, President Washington, having "a cheerful recollection of his past services," ap- pointed him Commissioner of I^oans for the state of New York. Shortly before his death a stroke of paralysis compelled him to resign his position ; lie then retired to his country seat at Palatine, Mont- gomery county, N. Y. Dr. Cochran was married December 4, 1760, to (Gertrude Schuyler, sister of Major-General Philip Schuyler, and widow of Peter
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Schuyler, of New York. She was born in 1725, and died March, 1813.
Issue :
1. James Cochran.
2. ^Valter Livingston Cochran, of whom presently.
Stephen Cochran, son of James and Ann (Rowan) Cochran, was born in Sadsbury township, Chester county. Pa., November 17, 1732, and died November 1, 1790. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly, 1777-78, and active in the Revolution. In 1777-78, he was enrolled as a private in Captain James Davis' company, Chester County Associa- tors, and commanded a company in the Eighth Bat- talion, Chester County Militia, in 1779. The name of his wife was Jane. She was born February 6, 1741, and died October 26, 1783.
Issue :
1. Sanuiel Cochran, of whom presently.
2. Jean Cochran, married Robert McFarland. (See Mc- Farland Family.)
IV
T\/^ALTER LIVINGSTON COCHRAN, son
^ ^ of Dr. John and Gertrude (Schuyler) Cochran, hved on the Cochran homestead at Palatine, N. Y.
Issue:
1. John Cochrane, of whom presently.
Samuel Cochran, son of Stephen and Jane Coch- ran, was born in Chester county. Pa., January 16, 1703, and died JMay 8, 1829. He was a drunnner in his father's company in the Chester County INlilitia. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1816-17, and a State Senator, 1818- 20. He was twice surveyor general of the state, 1800-09, and 1821-24. He was for forty years a rul- ing elder of the Fagg's Manor Presbyterian Church. His wife, Rebecca, was born January 16, 1761, and died June 5, 1790.
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JOHN COCHRANE, son of A¥alter Livingston ^ Cochran, was born at Palatine, IVIontgomery county, N. Y., August 27, 1813. He was graduated at Hamilton College, in 1831, and admitted to the New York Bar in 1834. He was surveyor of the port of New York, 1853-57, and a Representative in Con- gress, 1857-01. He was commissioned colonel of the 1st United States Chasseurs, June 11, 1861, which he commanded in the battles of the Peninsula campaign. He became brigadier general of volunteers, July 17, 1862, serving with Couch's division of the Army of the Potomac. He participated in the battle of Antietam and afterward pursued the retreating enemy, but re- signed, February 27, 1863, in consequence of serious physical disability. In 1864, he was a candidate for Vice-President, on the ticket with General John C. Fremont. He was attorney general of the state of New York, 1863-65. In 1872, as a member of the Liberal Republican convention, at Cincinnati, he was chiefly instrumental in securing the nomination of Horace Greeley for the presidency. The same year, as president of the Common Council, of the city of New York, he was acting mayor during the tempo- rary retirement of IVIayor Hall, in the midst of the Tweed Ring disclosures. Like John Cochrane, young laird of Bishopton, he was a gallant soldier, and added the final e to his name after the manner of his prototype.
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^nrriLLIAM COCHRAN, a possible son of ^ * Robert Cochran, "the Honest," was born in 1699, and died in 1785. He removed from Chester, now Delaware county, Pa., to "Carrollsburg," one of the manors of Daniel Carroll, of Dudington, in 1732. In conjunction with Samuel Emmet and William Brown, he purchased from Barrister Carroll the "CarroUsburg" tract of 5, ()()() acres of land. When the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland was settled, Cochran's part of the tract was found to be in Pennsylvania. His wife, Sarah, was born in 1702, and died in 1771.
Issue :
1. Andrew Cochran.
2. William Cochran, of whom presently.
3. James Cochran, of whom presently.
4. John Cochran, of whom presently.
5. Margaret Cochran, married Rev. Robert Annan, of whom presently.
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T\;^ILLIAM COCHRAN, son of AVilliam and * ^ Sarah Cochran, settled in Lurgan, now I^et- terkenny township, in what is now Frankhn county, Pa., before 1751. His widow survived him and was still hving in 1786.
Issue :
1. Samuel Cochran, living in Letterkennv tovvnship, in 1786.
^. Robert Cochran, of whom presently.
James Cochran, son of William and Sarah Coch- ran, was born July 8, 17*32, and died December 8, 1810. He lived near "Carrollsburg" until his death. His wife, Jane, was born November 14, 174'2, and died June 20, 1815.
Issue :
1. Melinda Cochran, married Robert li. Annan.
J2. William Cochran, of whom })resently.
3. James Cochran, studied medicine in Philadelphia, and became a prominent physician in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he
died. He was twice married. His first wife was Black,
bv whom he had two children.
John Cochran, son of AV^illiam and Sarah Coch- ran, settled at the site of AA^aynesboro, Franklin county. Pa., soon after 1750, where he died. He was a strict Covenanter. In harvest time he always had family worship before daylight, singing, reading and prayer, when the family and all hands were required to be present. Then a lunch, with a little whiskey,
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was partaken of, preceded by an invocation of tlie divine blessing; then to work awhile before break- fast. In walking to worship over a ridge that abounded in huckleberries, tlie young folks dared not gatlier any, as it was considered a breach of tlie Sab- bath. His wife was a Baird.
Issue :
1. John Cochran, of whom presently.
2. Jean Cochran, married James Clark.
3. Eleanor Cochran, married Joseph Junkin, of whom presently.
4. Mary Cochi'an, married William Findley, of whon) presently.
Margaret Cochran, daugliter of W^illiam and Sarah Cocln*an, was married in 1704, to Robert Annan, who was born in Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1742, and died in Lancaster county. Pa., Decem- ber 5, 1819. He was graduated at the University of St. Andrew, and was licensed by the Associate Pres- bytery of Pertli in 1701. He came to New York with Jolm Mason and John Smart the next summer, and at once connected himself with the Associate Presbytery of Pennsylvania. In October, 1762, he received a call from Marsh Creek and Conewago, in what is now Adams county. Pa., and was ordained and histalled there, June 8, 1703. He removed to Orange county, N. V., in 1708, and became pastor of the Federal street church, in Boston, in 178;3. In 1780, he took charge of the Old Scots' Church, Philadelphia, where he remained until 1802. He was pastor of the Associate Reformed congregation, in Baltimore, Md., 1802-12, and then retired to liis
406 THE BARD FAMILY
farm, near Andrews' Bridge, on the Octorara, in Lan- caster county. Pa. He was a prolific writer. In 1790, he had a long newspaper controversy with Dr. Rush, of Philadelphia, on capital punishment.
Issue :
1. Robert Landales Annan, studied medicine in Philadel- phia, and then went to " Carrollsburg," where he married his cousin, Melinda, or Mary Cochran, daughter of James Coch- ran. Among their descendants were Robert Annan, of Annan- dale, N. Y., who died in 1866, and Dr. Andrew Annan, of Emmittsburg, Md.
2. William Annan, died in 1797. He studied medicine and practiced his profession in Philadelphia.
Ill
TJ OBERT COCHRAN, son of William Cochran, -*-*' of old Lurgan, was killed by the Indians in 1756, and his wife carried into captivity. Mrs. Coch- ran was seen in November, 1758, a hundred miles southwest of the Ohio river, but nothing further was ever heard of her.
Issue :
1. John Cochran, died in 1785. He was married April 9, 1776, to Sarah Mitchell, of Letterkenny township; they had a son, Samuel, and a daughter, Ruth.
2. Margaret Cochran, was married to John Corbin, and became one of the heroines of the Revolution.
William Cochran, son of James and Jane Coch- ran, was born in York, now Adams county. Pa., May 3, 1775, and died November 15, 1828. In 1814, he removed to Ohio, and settled near Cilendale. He was married June 20, 1805, to Rel)ecca Morrow, daughter of John and Mary (Lockhart) Morrow, of Gettysburg, Pa. She was born in York, now Adams county, June 12, 1771), and died February 8, 1868.
Issue :
1. James W. Cochran, of whom presently.
2. John Morrow Cochran, of whom presently.
3. William R. Cochran, of whom {)resently.
Mrs. Cochran's grandfather, Jeremiah Murray, was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1711, and died in York, now Adams county. Pa., September 14, 1758.
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408 THE BARD FAMILY
He settled on Marsh creek, near Gettysburg. In re- ligion he was a Covenanter, and was ordained an elder of the Rock Creek Church, bv the Rev. John Cuthbert- son, Aj)ril 8, 1753. His wife, Sarah, was born in 17^2, and died December 19, 1798. The Scotch name, Murray, was changed to Morrow by his son, John. John Morrow, Mrs. Cochran"'s father, was born August 30, 1743, and died July 31, 1811. He was a farmer on Marsh creek, five miles southwest of Gettysburg. His farm was in the old Manor of Masque. He was married No\ ember 9, 1768, to Mary Lockhart, who was born March 24, 1745, and died March 12, 1790. ^ Their children wei'e Margaret, married Hugh Dunwoody ; Jeremiah; John; Mary, married John D. Robinson; Rebecca, married William Cochran; James; Jane, married John Hanna; and Martha. Mrs. Morrow was a half sister of Rebecca Hodge, who became the wife of the Rev. Dr. John Knox, of the Dutch Reformed Church, of New York City.
Mrs. Cochran's brother, Jeremiah Morrow, was born in Freedom township, York, now Adams county. Pa., October 6, 1771, and died in Warren county, Ohio, March 22, 1852. He was a member of the convention that adopted the constitution of Ohio, in 1802; a repre- sentative in Congress, 1803-13; United States senator, 1813-19; and governor of Ohio, 1822-26. In his old age, he was again a representative in Congress. 1841—43.
John Cochran, son of John Cochran, of Waynes- boro, died in 1801. The name of his wife was Eliza- beth.
Issue:
1. John Cochran, died in 1841. His children were Jona- than, Findlev and Mary.
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2. George Cochran.
3. William Cochran.
Eleanor Cochran, daughter of John Cochran, of Waynesboro, was born in 1760, and died in 1812. She was married JNIay 24, 1779, to Joseph Junkin, son of Joseph and Ehzabeth (V¥allace) Junkin, of Silver Spring township, Cumberland county. Pa. He was born in 1750, and died in Mercer county, Feb- ruary 21, 1831. He was first lieutenant of C^iptain John Trindle's company. Colonel William Cham- bers' battalion, Cumberland C^ounty Associators, 1777-80, and commanded a company in Colonel James Dunlop's marcliing battalion, under the call of July 28, 1777. He participated in the battle of Brandywine, and was se\ erely woimded in the skir- mish at A\^hite Horse Tavern, on the 16th of Septem- ber, his right arm being shattered by a musket ball. He also served in the "Flying Camp, " in 1776. About 1800, he piu'chased a large tract of land at Hope Mills, in Mercer county, to which he removed in 1806.
Issue :
1. Joseph Junkin, died young.
2. John Junkin, was born September 12, 1786, and died April 27, 1814. He connnanded a company in the War of 1812. He married his cousin, Martha Findlev, (laughter of William and Mary (Cochran) Findlev, who died February 14, 1813.
3. Joseph Junkin, was ensign in his brother''s c()nij)any, in the AVar of 1812.
4. George Junkin, of whom presently.
5. William Junkin, died in childhood.
6. Benjamin Junkin.
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7. William Findlev Junkin.
8. Matthew Oliver Junkin.
9. David X. Junkin. of whom presently.
10. Elizabeth Junkin. married John Findlev.
11. Eleanor Junkin, married Walter Oliver.
1^. Marv Junkin. married Rev. George Buchanan, of whom presently.
13. Ao-nes Junkin. married (1), Rev, James Gallowav; (2), Hugh Bingham, of whom presently.
Joseph Junkin, the father of Joseph Junkin, the younger, was a native of County Antrim, Ireland. He died at New Kingston. Cumberland countv. Pa., in 1777, where he took up a tract of land, the original patent for which was issued in 1740. He built a stone house east of the town, which is still standing. He was a strict Covenanter. There was a "tent" on the Junkin land, about three hundred vards from the dwelling, where servicer were held. He was married to Elizabeth Wallace, daughter of John Wallace, who died in 1796. Their children were Joseph and Benjamin. The Junkin familv went from Iverness. in Scotland, to Ireland, before the Revolution of 1688. The name is of Danish origin, being derived from Danish adventurers who settled in North Britain.
^larv Cochran, duiiohter of John Cochran, of AVaynesboro. was born in 1769. She was married to William Findlev. a native of Ireland, who died in ^VestmoreIand county. Pa.. April 5. 1821. He emi- ijrated to Pennsvlvania in 1763. and settled near A\'aynesboro. where he was a schoolmaster for a number of years. At the outbreak of the Revolution he became a member of the Cumberland county Conunittee of Observation, but declined election to
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the Pennsylvania convention of 1776. He consented, however, to serve on the county board of assessors, and helped to levy the first taxes under the Constitu- tion of 1776. He was captain of a company of the eighth battalion, Cumberland County Associators, 1777-80, and was in command of a marching company in active service, in January, 1778. After the Revo- lution he removed to \\^estmoreland county, and was a member of the i*ennsylvania convention that rati- fied the Federal Constitution of 1787. He was also a member of the Supreme Executi\'e Council, of l*enn- sylvania ; of the convention that framed the State Constitution of 1790; and of the Pennsylvania I^eg- islature. He was a Representative in Congress, 1791- 1817, and was the first congressman to earn the affectionate appellation of ''Father of the House." In politics he was a Jefferson Republican. Mr. Findley published a review of the Funding System, in 1794, and a History of the Whiskey Insurrection, in 1796.
Issue :
1. David Findley, settled in Mercer county. Pa. His child- ren were Mary, Nancy, William, John and David.
^. John Findley, was born in 1773, and died December 9, 1855. He settled in Mercer county. Pa., in 1796, and was the first prothonotarv, clerk of the courts, and register and recoi'der of the county. He was mari'icd (1) to his cousin, Pilizabeth Junkin, and (2) to Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of William Anderson. His children were David, Patterson, William and John Junkin.
3. Elizabeth Findley, married General Thomas Patterson.
4. Eleanor Findley, married Carothei's.
5. Mary Findley, married John lilack.
6. Martha Findley, married her cousin, riohn Junkin.
IV
TAMES W. COCHRAN, son of William and *^ Rebecca (Morrow) Cochran, was born in Adams county. Pa., April 4, 1806, and died May 16, 1880. He inherited the old Cochran homestead, at Millville, from his parents. He was married (1) to Hannah J. AVilson, daughter of A\"illiam AN^ilson, of Butler county, Ohio, and (2) January 81, 1845, to Mary J. Hill, who was born December 8, 1824.
Issue bv his first wife:
1. Marv Cochran, married David Sample.
2. AVilliam Cochran, was married to Susan J. Whipple.
3. Jane Cochran, married Samuel Whipple.
4. Rebecca Cochran, married Cornelius Cole. Issue bv his second wife:
1. Elizabeth C. Cochran, born December l!3, 1846. J2. Tavlor Cochran, born March, 17, 1848.
3. John Webster Cochran, born Aui^ust 26, 1852.
4. Robert Hill Cochran, born June 28, 18.55.
5. Anna Mav Cochran, born Julv 9, 1858.
6. James Seward Cochran, born June 3, 1861.
7. Fannie Cochran, born May 28, 1864.
8. Laurence Cochran, born Julv 11, 1867.
John Morrow Cochran, son of \\^illiam and Re- becca (Morrow) Cochran, was born in Adams county. Pa., June 18, 1808, and died August 24, 1889. He was a farmer near Millville, (^hio. Mr. Cochran was married to Jane Wilson, daughter of Joseph and Ehza (Dick) Wilson.
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Issue :
I. William Annan Cochran, was born near Millville, Ohio, April 14, 1835, and lived in Macon, Macon county. He was married October 14, 1856, to Julia Ann Lewis; their children were John Lewis, Edward Everett, Martha Jane, George Wil- son, William Woods, James ]\Iarion, Maria Mary, David Franklin, Annabelle, and Paul Garfield.
^. Joseph AVilson Cochran, w^is born December 29, 1836, and is a lawyer at Los Angeles, Cal. He was married to Josephe Willcox; they had one daughter, Grace.
3. John Morrow Cochran, was born December 13, 1839.
4. Samuel Dick Cochran, w as Ijorn February 1 3, 1 842, and lives in Wyoming, Ohio. He was married to Marie Fitzgerald; their children are Edgar Fit/gerald, Clifford Wilson and Samuel Dick.
5. Eliza Wilson Cochran, waN born Novendjer 15, 1843. She was married October 12, 1871, to the Rev. William H. James, who was born at Deerfield, N. J., in 1833. He was graduated at Lafayette College, Pa., in 1862. He became pastor of the Presbyterian church, at Springdale, Ohio, in 1866.
6. Jerre Morrow Cochran, was born November 20, 1845, and became a journalist in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was married in Wyoming, Ohio, to Carrie R. Rhodes.
7. Rebecca J. Cochi-an, was born November 3, 1847.
8. Nannie Cochran, was born December 3, 1849.
9. James Marion Cochran, was born December 21, 1851.
10. Louisa Deshler Cochran, was born August 20, 1853, and died April 12, 1854.
II. Llewellyn Cochran, was born May 20, 1855, and died December 22, 1859.
William li. Cochran, son of A\^illiani and Rebecca (Morrow) C^ochran, was l)orn in Adams county. Pa., March 17, 1811. He became a lawyer in Butler county, Ohio. He was married Fe})ruary 7, 1849. to
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Hannah Hill, a sister of the wife of his brother, James W. Cochran.
Issue :
1. James Brown Cochran.
2. Rebecca Jane Cochran, married Lepler,
3. Morrow Cochran, a farmer in Butler county, Ohio.
4. James Beatty Cochran, a farn)er near Wichita, Kan.
George Junkin, son of Joseph and Eleanor (Coch- ran) Junkin, was born at Nevv^ Kingston, Pa., No- vember 1, 1790, and died in Philadelphia, May 20, 1868. He was graduated at Jefferson College, Can- onsburg. Pa., in 1813, and studied theology in the seminary of Dr. Mason, in New York City. He was ordained as an evangelist, June 29, 1818, by the Associate Reformed Presbytery of Philadelphia. In 1819, he received a call to Milton, Pa., which he accepted, and remained twelve years, notwithstand- ing, that he joined the Presbyterian body in 1822. In 1830, he took charge of the Manual Labor Academy at Germantown, and in 1832, became presi- dent of Lafayette College. In 1841, he was made president of Miami University, Ohio, but returned to Lafayette in 1844, and remained until 1848, wlien he became president of Washington College, Xa., now Washington and Lee University. He was at the head of the college at the outbreak of tiie Civil War, when he resigned because a secession flag was hoisted over the institution, and returned to the North. He was eminent in the councils of the Pres- byterian Church, and was the author of a number of theological works. He received the degree of D. I).
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from his alma mater in 1838. Dr. Junkin was mar- ried June 1, 1819, to Julia Rush INIiller, daughter of John and Margaret (Irvin) Miller. She died February 23, 1854.
Issue :
1. John Miller Junkin, was l)orn July J21, 1821. He was a physician, and served as a surgeon in the Civil War. Dr. Junkin was married in 185!2, to Julia Inilav, daut^hter of William Imlay, of Allentown, N. J.
2. Joseph Junkin, was born in 18!2J3, and died April y, 1849.
3. George Junkin, became a lawver in Philadelphia, Pa.
4. Ebenezer Denny Junkin, was a teacher at Mount Holly, N. J., and Fredericksburg, Va., but afterwards studied for the ministrv and was gi-aduated at the Princeton 'rhet)logical Sem- inary, in 1854.
5. William Finnev Junkin, was a Presbyterian pastor in Virginia.
6. Margaret Junkin, was married in 1857, to Colonel John P. L. Preston, of Lexington, Va., a professor in the \ irginia Military Institute. Mrs. Preston is the distinguished southern writer, Margaret Preston.
7. Eleanor Junkin, was married August 4, 185;3, to Thomas J. Jackson, the celebrated c-onfederate general, "■ Stonewall" Jackson.
8. Junkin, was married in 1856, to Professor Jiniius
F. Fishburn, who died March 26*, 1858.
David X. Junkin, son of Joseph and Eleanor (Cochran) Junkin. was l)orn at Hope Mills, Mercer county. Pa., January 8, 1808, and died at Newcastle, Pa., April 22, 1880. He was graduated at Jefferson College, in 1831, and studied theology at the Prince- ton Theological Seminary. He was pastor of the Presbyterian Church, at Greenwich, N. J., 1835-51;
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the F Street Church, Washington, D. C, 1851-58; the church at HoUidaysburg, Pa., 1853-60; the North Church. Chicago, 1864-66; and the Newcastle, Pa., church, 1866-79. He was a chaplain in the United States Navy, 1860-64.
Mary Junkin, daughter of Joseph and Eleanor (Cochran) Junkin, was married to George Buchanan, who was born in York county. Pa., in 1782, and died at Steuben ville, Ohio, October 14, 1855. He was graduated at Dickinson College, in 1805, and studied theology inider Dr. Mason, in New York. He was ordained by tlie Monongahela Associate Reformed Presbytery, June 19, 1811. and installed pastor, at Steubenville, Yellow Creek and Hermon's Creek. He resigned Yellow Creek in 1812, and Hermon's Creek in 1838, remaining at Steubenville until his death.
Issue :
1. John Junkin Buchanan, was born January 24, 1817, and (Hed Julv 527, 1853. He was graduated at Franklin Colk'ge, Ohio, in 1837, and ordained bv Monongahela Presbj- terv, November 3, 1842. He was pastor of Raccoon and Han- over, Beaver county. Pa., 1842-44, and of Mifflin, Ahegheny county, Pa., 1846-49.
2. Joseph Buchanan, was born in 1820, and was eckicated at Frankh'n College, Ohio. He was licensed by Steubenville Presbytery, in 184tS, but was not ordained until 1876. He was for many years principal of the high school at Steubenville.
Agnes .Junkin. daughter of Joseph and Eleanor (Cochran) Junkin, was married (1), to the Rev. James Galloway, who was born in Westmoreland county. Pa., August 4, 1786, and died May 21, 1818. He Mas graduated at Jeflferson College, Canonsburg, Pa,,
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in 1805, and at the New York Seminary, under Dr. Mason. He was ordained pastor of Mereer, Shenango, and JNIahoning by the JNIonongahela Presbytery, April 10, 1811. Mrs. Galloway was married (2), to Hugh Bingham, a native of Adams eounty, who settled at JNIercer, Pa., early in the ninteenth century. He was prothonotary and county commissioner of JMercer county.
Issue bv her first husband:
1. John Mason Galloway, was born at Mercei', Pa., Jan- uary 8, 1813, and died at Clearfield, Pa., April 4, 1865. He was <>raduated at Jefferson College, in 18J3!2, and studied the- ology at Princeton and Allegheny. He was ordained by the Lake Presbytery, May i£3, 1837, and was pastor of Hernion\s Creek, 1835-55, and of" the Presbyterian congregation at Clear- field, Pa., 1857-64.
Issue by her second husband:
1. John Armor Bingham, was l)orn at Mercer, Pa., Jan- anuary ^1, 1815, and died at Cadiz, Ohio, March 19, 1900. He was a Representatiye in Congress, 1854-73, with the ex- ception of one term, and was ITnited States Minister to Japan, 1873-85. He was mai-ried to his cousin, Amanda Bingham, daughter of Judge Thomas and Lucinda (Stuart) Bingham, and had Lucinda Stuart, Ennna, and Marie Scott.
2. Marian liingham.
3. William Bingham, a Baptist minister.
4. Mai'tha Bingham, was married to Stuart Patterson, of Pittsburgh, Vn.
McFARLANU I
JOSEPH McFARLAND, the ancestor of the ^ McFarland family, of Frankhn county, Pa., was an early settler in Tinicum township, Bucks county, Pa., where lie died about 1760. The name of his wife was Jean.
Issue:
1. John McFarland.
2. Joseph McFarland, was a member of the associated company of Tinicum township, Bucks county, commanded by Captain Nicholas Patterson, 1775.
3. Robert McFarland, of whom presently.
4. James McFarland.
5. Rachel McFarland.
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TJOBERT McFARLAXI). son of Josepli and -*-*' Jean JMcFarland, was born in Tinicuni town- ship, Bucks county. Pa., January 12, 1740, and died in Peters township, Frankhn county, January 22, IH'23. He was a ineni})er of Captain Xichohis Patter- son's company of Tinicuni townsliip niihtia in 1775, and is recorded as takin<>' the oatli of allegiance to the state in Bucks county, .Auoust 28, 1777. A church certificate, granted to Hol)ert and Jean Mc- Farhuid, of Tinicuni township, Bucks county. May 18, 1778, and signed by Alexander Mitchell, V. B. M., says he had lived in the congregation since infancy. He removed with his family to Cumberland, now Franklin county, in 1778, and lived in Peters town- ship until Iiis death. Mr. McFarland was married in 1770 to Jean Cochran, daughter of Stephen and Jane Cochran, of Fagg's Manor, Chester county. Pa. She was born February 10, 1748, and died April 2, 1827.
Issue :
1. Joseph McFarlaiul, was horn Febniarv 2!2, 1771, and (lifd NovL'nil)er 20, 1782.
2. Stephen McFarland, was married to Catharine Bard. (See ""Descendants of Richai-d Bard.")
J3. l*rudence McFarland, was born April 17, 1774, and died December 2, 1804.
4. Robert C. McFarland, was born Decembei- 2, 177(), and died June 15, 1850. He was a j)rominent farmei' in Peters, townsliip, Franklin countv. Pa.
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5. Ann McFarland, married Matthew Patton, of whom presently.
6. John McFarland, of whom presently.
7. Jane Cochran McFarland, married Thomas Bard. (See "Descendants of Richard Bard.")
8. Mary McFarland, married AVilliam Wilson, of whom presently.
Ill
A XN Mc'FAl{LAXl), daughter of Robert mid -^-^ Jean (Cochran) McFarland, was born April 8, 177JK and died April 26, 1816. She was married to Matthew Patton. son of James and INIary (Newell) Patton. He was born at old Fort Loudon, in Peters township, Cumberland, now Franklin county. Pa., April 12, 1776, and died June 25, 184.5. He was a suc- cessful business man and leading citizen. He raised a company of cahary during the War of 1812, l)ut because of an order tiiat the enlistment of men should be discontinued, the company was disbanded. He was for many years a justice of tlie peace for Peters townsliip. and he was twice a director of the poor for Franklin county, 1818 20, and 1 841-4.3. He was ap- pointed an associate judge of Franklin county, ()ctol)er 9, 1880. and served until the appointment of Robert Smith, as liis successor, in 18.*3(). Judge Patton was a Presbyterian, but for convenience lie became con- nected with the Reformed Cliin-ch, at what is now the village of Fort Loudon. He was tall and slender, and on the 15ench sat bolt upright, seldom changing his position.
IssiR' :
1. Janic's Patton, of whom prL'sciitlv.
52. Robert McFarlaiul l^atton, was born June 4, 1806, and (lied Auniist '29, 1811.
3. John Patton, was hoin .January !2.'}, 1808, and died July 8, 181i3.
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4. Jane Cochran Patton, was born Mav 8, 1810, and died August 19, 1810.
5. Mary Aim Patton, was born Julv 11, 1811, and died April 7, 1880. She was married to John Barnes, with whom she removed to Beloit. Wh.
Mr. Patton's grandfathei', Matthew Patton, was the original settler on what became the site of Fort Loudon, built in 1756. His first house was burnt bv the Indians in the first onslaught of the savages upon the Con- ococheague frontier. The logs were in ])lace and the roof was on a new house when the site was taken for the fort late in the vear. The new house was within the stockade, or inclosure, and was appraised and taken for the use of the garrison. The situation of the fort was at a bend of the Conococheague creek, south of the base of Mt. Parnell, and about two miles southeast of the present village of Fort Loudon. Relics of the In- dian wars are occasionally picked up in the adjacent fields. Not a vestige of the old fort remains, although it is claimed that what looks like a ledge of rock near the present dwelling house is a })art of the foundation of chinmeys within the enclosure. On the bank of the creek is a fine spring that was probablv within the stockade. It is said that some of the logs from the old fort were used in the erection of the rear part of the existing dwelling house. Matthew Patton died in 1777. The name of his wife was Fli/abeth. Their children were James, Samuel, Robert, John, Matthew, Thomas, Sarah, and a daughter who married Isaac Wilson.
His father, James Patton, was born in Ireland, in 17J34, and died at Fort Loudon, January 16, 18521. He was captain of the fourth company in Colonel Samuel Cul- bertson's battalion of Cund)erland Countv Associators,
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1777 80. He was married to Mary Newell, daughter of Robert Newell, who was })orn in 1736, and died June 7, 1806. Their children were Robert, James, Matthew, Margaret (Mrs. White), Rebecca, Mary (Mrs. McKins- try), Elizabeth (Mrs. McCall), and Grizzel. After Mrs. Patton's death, Mr. Patton married {^2\ Susan Seaburn. She was born in 1800, and died Oc- tober 1, 1863. Their children were Elias, Andrew J., and Rebec-ca Margaret.
John McFarlaiid, son of Robert and Jean (Coeh- ran) McFarland, was born February 27, 1782, and died December 18, 18.56. He was a prominent farmer and leadino- citizen of Peters township, Franklin county. Pa. He was active in military affairs, and lield the rank of captain in the Franklin county militia. Captain JNIcFarland was married Xoveml)er 11, 1812, to Eliza Parker, daughter of Major Robert and Mary (Smith) Parker. She was born in 17J>0, and died January 27, 184'.>.
Issue:
1. Jane ("ochran McEai'land, married William H. McDowell, of whom presently.
2. Robert Pai-ki'i- Mc-1'arlaiul, of whom presentlv.
3. John l''ranklin Mcl'arlaiid, was born in 181(). and died in CalifoiMiia.
4. Mary Smith McTarland. married Charles (iillesj)ie Lowe, of whom presently.
5. Ann Patton McFarland, was manied June 11, 1845, to Leonard C. Jordan.
6. Elizal)eth Porter McFarland, was born February ^0, 18,'22, and died unmai-ried, January 3, 1854.
7. Thomas Bard Mcl'\irlan(l, of whom {)resently.
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Mary McFarland, daughter of Robert and Jean (Cochran) JMcFarland, was born in Frankhn county, Pa., April 8, 1786, and died in Ohio, September 27, 1837. She was married April 5, 1815, to AVilliam AVilson, son of John and Ann (Campbell) Wilson. She was his second wife. He was born in Peters township, Franklin county. Pa., March 13, 1785, and died at College Hill Ohio, July 29, 1864. He was a farmer in Peters township until 1824, when he re- moved to Ohio, where the rest of his life was spent.
Issue :
1. John Wilson, was born March 30, 1816. He went to California about 1850. He was married to Susan Carman, and had one son, William Ashley Wilson.
2. Jane Cochran Wilson, was born June 19, 1818, and died March 13, 1896. She was married to Amos Worthington.
3. Prudence Ann Wilson, was born September 16, 1821, and died August 17, 1836.
4. Marv Smith Wilson, was born June, 30, 1823, and died January 6, 1905.
5. William Wilson, was born August 17, 1825. He was married in Mississippi and had one son, William Wilson.
6. Robert McFarland W^ilson, was born August 15, 1828. He went to Mississippi before the Civil War and served in the Confederate army.
For Mr. Wilson's childi-en by his first wife, Martha Bard, see "Descendants of Richard Bard.""
IV
TAMES PATTON, son of Matthew and Ann ^ (McFarland) l*atton, was born at Fort Loudon, PVanklin county. Pa., July 11, 1804, and died at Carlisle, Pa., August 6, 1880. In 1827, he was chosen major of the first battalion, 118th regiment, Pennsyl- vania militia. He was appointed collector of canal and railroad tolls, at ColumlMa, by Governor Porter, in 1839. He was active in promoting the transporta- tion system of the state, which resulted in the organ- ization of the Pennsylvania ]{ailroad Company. Ma- jor Patton was married to Hai'riet Scott, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Douglass) Scott. She died at Dixon, 111., April 17, 1877.
Issue :
1. liebecc-a Scott rattoii, died October IT, 1850.
Mrs. Patton"'s father, Thomas Scott, died in 18154, at Loudon, a villa<ije at the Ijase of the Cove mountain, in Franklin county, Pa. The villajye is on the Chambers- bur<j^ and Bedford turnpike, which, in his day, was ))art of the <);reat highway between Pittsburgh and the East. He ke[)t the Eagle Hotel, a niuch-fi-e(|uented hostelry, especially by wagoners, when Conestoga wagons wei'e the only means of transportation over the mountains. He was married to Rebecca Douglass, daughter of Archibald and Sarah (Agnew) Douglass, of the Great Cove, in what is now Fulton county, Pa, Their children were Mary, James D., Harriet, Sarah Aim, Eli/a Jane, Alexandei- W., Mai'garetta, Thomas
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Alexander, William P., and Rebecca Douglass. Mrs. Patton's brother, Thomas A. Scott, was assistant secre- tary of war, and president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Jane Cochran JNIcFarland, daughter of John and Eliza (Parker) McFarland, was born June 29, 1813, and died March 20, 1893. She was married December 27, 1837, to Wilham Henry McDowell, son of Thomas and Mary C. (Davidson) McDowell. He was born at the base of Mt. Parnell. in Franklin county. Pa., February (), 1813, and died in Chambers- burg, Pa., January 3, 1900. He was a farmer in early life, but failing health induced him to remo\ e to Chambersbm'g in 1850. He was prothonotary of Franklin county. 1808 09.
Issue:
1. Mary Davidson McDowell, was born December 10, 1838, and died January 16, 1849.
^2. Eliza Parker McDowell, was born February 3, 1841, and died umnarried, August 23, 1892.
3. Thomas Hugh McDowell, was born January 13, 1843; lives in the West.
4. John McFarland McDowell, was born August 1, 1845. He was admitted to the Franklin County Bar and practices his profession in Chambersburg, Pa. He was elected prothonotary, of Franklin county, in 1879, and served one term. In 1903, he accepted the position of United States Commissioner, at Nome, Alaska, which he resigned in 1906. He was married January 15, 1880, to Clara E. Clendenin, daughter of Judge John Clendenin, of Hogestown, Pa. Their children are Jane, John Clendenin and Milton G.
5. Henry C. McDowell, was born February 3, 1848; lives in the \Vest.
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6. Franklin McDowell, was horn May 2, 1850, and died September 7, 1850.
7. Robert McDowell, was born May 2, 1850, and died ,Jainiar\ -'3, 1851.
8. Ainiie Catharine McDowell, was horn July 1, 1852 ; lives in Chainhersl)uro-, Pa.
9. Edward Campbell McDowell, was born October 13, 1855, and died vouni:,'.
Mr. McDowell was a <i;i-ands()n of William McDowell, who settled at the base of Mt. Pai'nell, in 17'35.
l{()l)ert Parker JNIcFjirland, son of.Ioliii and Kliza (l?arker) xMcFarlaiub was l)()rn in Franklin county, l*a.. ()ctol)er 21). 18U. and died May 2(), 181)1). He lived all his life on the farm on whieh he was l)orn, the old MeFarland homestead, near Mereersburg. He was an intellioent farmer and leading citizen of the comity. l)ut never aspii'cd to j)ul)lic office. His reading' was extensi\e and he was especially well versed in the writings of Shakspere. He was a fre- ({uent contril)utor to the county ])apers and was a forceful writer on (piestions of political reform. For half a century he was a member of the l*resbyterian Church, at Mercersburg. Mr. MeFarland was mar- ried to Kllen J. Uobison. a sister of the Hon. David F. Jlobison. member of the 'riiirty-fourth Congress.
Issue:
1. Anna l'\illerton Mcl'arland, was born l)eceml)ei' 21, ]84'4. She was married to Arthui- Stabler.
2. John Davidson McEarland, was born October 22, 1846. .'5. Virginia Martha McEarland, was born Novend)er 14,
1848. She was married to lienjamin .J. Jordan.
4. Eli/a linker MeFarland, was horn Septendjei- 17, 1850.
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5. Mary Louisa McFarlaiul, was born February ~8, \Ho^2.
6. Alice Robison McFarland, was born April 4, 1854.
7. Robert Robison McFarland, was born March 24, 1857^
8. Thomas Franklin McFarland, was born April 8, 1859.
9. David FuUerton :\IcFarland, was born June 29, I860.
Mary Smith McFarhmd. daugliter of Joliii and Eliza (Parker) McFarland, was horn June 10, 1818, and died January 12, 18(51. She was married Octo- ber 20, 1847, to Charles Gillespie I.owe, son of James and Elizabeth (Gillespie) Lowe. He w^as born near Fort Loudon, September 27, 1821, and died January 6, 1878. He was a prominent citizen of Mercers- burg, Pa.
Issue :
1. Elizabeth Gillespie Lowe, was born October 13, 1848. She was married Jaiuiarv 24, 1878, to Charles Henrv Fallon, who was born April 7, 185(), and had Anna Margaret, born January 15, 1879; Elias Fdi^ar, born Novend)er 20, 1881, and Mary Lowe.
2. Alice Parker Lowe, was born February 1, 185;i. She was married December 17, 1873, to -John Calvin Rummel, who was born March 4, 1848, and had Charles Lowe, born August 4, 1875, and Mary C, born May 11, 1877.
3. Frank Overton Lowe, was born January 12, 185(). and died June 28, 1858.
Thomas Bard McFarland, son of John and Eliza (Parker) McFarland. was l)orn on the old McFarland homestead, near Mercersburo-, Pa., April 19. 1828. He was graduated from Marshall College, Mercers- burg, in 184(j. Shortly afterwards he began the study of law with liis cousin, Robert M. Bard, in Chambeis- burg. Pa. He was admitted to the 15ar. in ()ctol)er.
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1849, by tlie celebnited Jeremiah S. Hhick, who was then the presiding judge of the judicial district wliich included Frankhn county. He did not. however, practice Iiis profession in Pennsylvania, hut inniie- diately made prepai-ations to go to Cahfornia, wliere he arrived in Septeml)er, 1850, liaving crossed the plains. He followed the \ocation of a miner for about three years, but did not meet with much success. In the winter of 18.58 .54. he began the practice of his profession at Xevada City, Xexada county, C'al., and continued in active practice there until 1861, when he was elected judge of the District Court. He had previously served as a member of the State Legisla- ture from Nevada county, in 18.5(5. He was elected and served a second term as district judge, at the end of which time he removed to Sacramento City, Cal., and there practiced about twelve years. During that time he seived a term as l{egister of the Fnited States Land Office, and was appointed to a second term, but shortly after resigned. He was a member of the State Constitutional Convention that met in 1879. and framed the present State Constitution. In 1882. .Judge McFarland was appointed to fill a two years' vacancy on the Bench of the Superior Court, of Sacramento county, by (Governor (Tcorge C. Perkins, now Lnited States Senator from California. In 1884. he was elected for the full term of six years as judge of the Superior Court, but in 188(), he was elected to a twelve-year term as justice of the Su])remc Court, of California. He served out that term and was i-e- elected to a second term, which he is now filling. iVltogether. .Justice McFarland has been on the
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Bench a period of over thirty-tliree years. He was originally a member of the old-time ^^'^hig party, but since the election of Lincoln, in 1800, he has been an ardent Republican.
Justice McFarland Avas married at Nevada City in 1861, to Susie Briggs, a native of Cortlandt county, N. Y.
Issue :
1. Jennie H. McFarland, lives in San Francisco, Cal.
PARKER
^■^ HE Parker families of the United States are of -^ English or Anglo-Irish origin, Abraham Par- ker, the first of the name in America, came from Wiltshire, Eng., to Wobnrn, Mass., where he was married to Rose Whitlock, November 18, 1644. He had two brotliers, James and Joseph, who were prominent in the history of Groton, Mass. John Parker settled at Weston. Mass., in 16.50. 'Flie Par- kers of Rahway, N. J., are descended from another Josepli Parker, who died at Shrewsbury, Conn., in 1684. The Parker family of West Chester, Pa., comes from Jonas Parker, of Micklethwaite, Eng., whose ffrandson, John l^arker, emigrated to Phila- delphia with tlie Quaker exodus of 1684. John l*ar- ker, the Friend, was born at Raven Royd, Yorkshire, Eng., May 24, 1664, and died at Philadelphia, March 7, 1717. His son, Abraham Parker, became the ancestor of the Parker family of Chester county. Contemporary with Abraliam Parker were three brothers, William, Archibald and James Parker, whose family history is related in this chapter.
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"^\7"ILLIAI\I PARKER, the ancestor of the Par- ' ^ ker family of I'hiladelphia, now Montgomery county. Pa., died in April, 1757. His history has been lost to his posterity. In his will, which was dated April 18, 1757, and proved April 30, 1757, besides his wife and children, he named two brothers, Archibald and James Parker. Mr. Parker was mar- ried at Abington Presbyterian Church, May '2G, 1748, to P],lizabeth Todd, daughter of Robert and Isabella (Hamilton) Todd. She was born in 1730, and died May 21, 1790.
Issue :
1. Elizabeth Parker, married General Andrew Porter, of whom presently.
2. Alexander Parker, died in Kentuekv. He was enrolled in the Warrinj^ton company, Bucks county militia, in 1775. After the Reyolution he remoyed to Kentucky, and was one of the ori^-inal trustees of Transyhania Uniyersity. He was mar- ried to Elizabeth McCalmont, and had a son, William, and two dau<»;hteis, Mary and Elizabeth.
S. Robert Parker, of whom presently.
Mrs. Parker's father, Robert Todd, was a son of John Todd, of County Armagh, Ireland. He was born in 1697, and died near The Trappe, Montgomery county, Pa., in 1775. He emigrated to America with his bi'other, Andrew Todd. He was twice married. The
name of his first wife according to tradition was
Smith. He was married (!2), to Isal)ella Hamilton. By the first man-iage, there were two sons, John and Dayid, ( r.ii )
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and l)v his second wife he had nine children: EHzabeth, wife of WilHani Parker; Robert; William; Mary, mar- ried James Parker; Sarah, married John Finlev; Rebecca, married Robert Major; Samuel; Levi and Andrew.
Mrs. Parker was married (2), to Arthur McFarland, son of James McFarland. He was born in 1720, and died July 20, 1780. Bv this marriage she had four children: Margaret, married Stephen Porter; Mary, married David Todd ; John and James.
Archibald Parker, brother of the preceding, whose history has not l^een ascertained.
James Parker, brother of tlie })recedino'. was first hentenant in Captain \\^ilhani Nelson's company, of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Curry's battalion, Phila- delphia County Militia, in 1780. He went to Ken- tucky in 1784, where he died. He was married to Mary Todd, daugliter of Robert and Isabella (Llamilton) Todd.
Issue :
1. Robert Porter Parker, of whom presentlv.
2. John Parker, died in Kentucky. He repi'esented I'av- ette countv in the Kentucky Lei;islatui-e, in 1795 '98 'OfS-'Uv T7 T9. He was married to his c-ousin, Isabella Todd, daughter of Robert and Flinoi' (Mcl''arland) Todd, and had two sons, Ro})crt and John, and five daughters, Margaret, married David Bryan; Elizabeth, married \Villiam Ivlge; Mary, married Josej)h Craig; Nellie, married William L. 'i'odd; and Nancy, married William Bowman.
3. Elizalx'th Parker, died at Walnut Hills, near Lexington, Ky. She was married to Jacob Todhunter, of the Chester county family of that name. She had one son, Parker E. Todhuntei-.
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4. Isabella Parker, was married to William Bodley, son of Thomas and Eliza Bodley, of County Donet^al, Ireland. He was born in 1747, and died December 4, 1780. He was a cap- tain and major in the Chester county militia in the Revolution. His death was due to exposure while in the service. Their chil- dren were James, Thomas, John, William and Elizabeth.
5. Marv Parker, died at Lexington, Ky., in 1840. She was married to Robert McGowan, a native of Ireland, who died at Lexington in 1808. They had six sons, Stewart, David, Rob- ert, James M., Thomas B. and Joseph.
6. Jean Parker, was married to Alexander, and
had Isabella, Marv and Margaret.
II
X^LIZABKTH rAllKER, daugliter of William -■-^ and Elizabeth (Todd) Parker, was born Au- gust '2H. 1751. and died May 15, 1821. She was mar- ried May 20, 1777, to Captain Andrew Porter, son of Robert Portei-, an early settler in \A'^oreester town- ship, Montgomery county. Pa. She was his second wife. He was born September 24, 17-i'3, and died at Harrisburg, Pa., Xovember 1(5, 1818. As a youth he studied mathematics under Patrick Mennon, an Irish schoolmaster in the neighborhood of his father's farm. He began teaching in the country, but upon the advice of I)a\ id Kittenhouse, the famous astronomer, he removed to l*hiladel})hia and opened a mathe- matical school, and conducted it with success for a number of years. The accounts of Mr. Porter's entry upon his l{evolutionary career are conflicting. Ac- cording to a sketch in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History (\ Ol. \\ . j). 2().*J). he was conmiissioned by Congress, .lune 11). 177<>. a captain of marines on the frigate Effingham. The Effingham was an armed boat of the Pcmisylvania Navy, l)ut the name of Cap- tain Porter does not appear on the nuister rolls. In Heitmans "Historical l^egister"' his record is given as lieutenant of the 4th Maryland Battalion of the "Flying Camp,' from June to December, 177(). This is probably correct, as his record is a contimious one afterward. He was appointed 1st lieutenant of the ,5th Regiment, Maryland Line, December 10, 1770,
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and cjiptain in tlie 2d Continental Artillery, Colonel lijunb, January 1, 1777. He was transferred to the 4th Continental Artillery, Colonel Proetor, January 1, 1781, with which he served until the close of the war. He was promoted to he major, ^Vpril 17, 17H1, and lieutenant-colonel commandant, January 1, 1782. Captain Porter was in command of a battery at the battles of Princeton, 15randywine and (Tcrmantown. At Brandywine he was commended on the field by General A\^ashington for gallant conduct in that action. In 1779, he served in General James Clin- ton's brigade, in General Sullivan's expedition against the Indians. AVhen it was determined to invest Vorktown, Colonel Porter was directed to take charge of the laboratory at Philadelphia, where the ammunition for the siege was prepared. He accepted with reluctance, because of his earnest wish for ser- vice in the field.
After the Kevolution Colonel Porter was offered the cliair of mathematics in the Tniversity of Penn- syh ania, but he declined it and retired to a farm that he had purchased in Montgomery county. He serxed as a commissioner in behalf of Pennsylvania for run- ning the boundary lines between Pennsylvania and A irginia, and Pennsylvania and what is now Ohio, 1783-87. He left an interesting journal of his share in the work, which was printed in the Pennsylvania Magazine, \^ol. IV, pp. 2()8-8(). In 1800, he was appointed with General Irvine and J. Kvans Boude to settle the controversies of the Pennsyhania claim- ants in the seventeen townships in the county of Luzerne, but he resigned in the spring of 1801. He
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was also appointed brigadier-general of the Fii-st Brigade, Second Division P. M., in 1800, and he suc- ceeded CTcneral Peter JNluhlenberg as major-general of the division. In April, 1801), he was appointed by Cxovernor Snyder, Sur\ eyor General of Pennsylvania, and filled this office until his death. At the outbreak of the second war with Cxreat Britain, Cxcneral Porter was offered a coniniission as brigadier-general in the United States Army, but he declined it because of his advanced years.
Issue :
1. Charlotte Porter, was born I'ehruarv 1, 1778. She was jiiarried to l{ol)ert Brooke, of \ irgiuia, afterward of Philadel- phia. He was born Feiiruarv ^^, 1770, and died November 4, 18!^1. Their children were Andrew Parker, Elizabeth Marv, Caroline A., married C. N. Brido;es ; William P.; Robert M.; Eliza Parker, married Rev. A. Heberton; Stephen H.; Pierce Butler; Charles Wallace; and Charlotte M., married Francis McCullough.
!2. Anna Mai'ia Porter, was boi-n Januaiv 1, 1781, and died April, 1781.
'}. Alexander Parker Porter, was born Mav 8, 178:2, and died Aun-ust, 1782.
4. John Ewin<^ Poitci-, was born Mav 11, 1784, and dit'd unmarried at Plymouth, N. C, November 14, 1819. He studied law with his brother Robert, and began practice in Chestei" and Montgomery counties. In consequence of a sharp letter from his father, disapproving of the wav in which a mat- rimonial engagement was l)roken, he al)andoned his practice, and changing his name to Pai-kei', he removed to North Cai'o- lina, whei'e he became a physician.
5. Harriet Porter, was born October 19, 178fi. She was married to Colonel Thomas McKeen, president of the Easton
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Bank. She was his second wife. He was born Jinie 26, 1763, and died November !25, 1858.
6. David RittenhoLise Porter, of whom presently.
7. George Bryan Porter, of whom presently.
8. James Madison Porter, of whom presently.
General Porter"'s father, Robert Porter, was born on the Isle of Bert, near Londonderry, Ireland, in 1699, and died July 14, 1770. He emigrated to Londonderry, N. H., in 175^0, but soon afterward removed to Wor- cester township, Montgomery county. Pa., where he purchased a farm about four miles from Norristown. He was a ruling elder of Norristown Presbyterian Church as early as 1741. He reared a family of nine sons and five daughters.
General l\)rter was married (1), March 10, 1767, to Elizabeth McDowell, who died Api-il 9, 1773. They had five children: Robert, president judge of the Third Judicial District of Pennsylvania; Elizabeth, wife of Robert P. Parker; Mary, married her cousin, liobert Porter; Andrew and ^V^illiam.
Robert Parker, son of \\^illiani and Elizabeth (Todd) Parker, wjis born in 1754, and died at JNIer- cersburg. Pa., May 1, 1799. He entered the service of the L^nited States froni Philadelpliia, April 28, 1777, as second lieutenant in the 2d Continental Artillery, Colonel John I^anib, in which his brother- in-law, Andrew Porter, was a captain. He was pro- moted to first lieutenant, January 1, 1781, and transferred to the 4th Continental Artillery the Pennsylvania regiment — Colonel Thomas Proctor ; he was made captain lieutenant to succeed Thomas Story, October 4, 1782. He served until June, 1783.
Lieutenant Parker was with his battery at the
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battles of Brandy wine and Germantown, in 1777 ; in the battle of Monmonth, in 1778; with General James Clinton's brigade in General Sidlivan's expe- dition against the Indians, in 1779; and in the siege of Yorktown, 1781. He was with the Southern army, 1782-83. Wliile the army was at Valley Forge Lieu- tenant Parker was one of a nimiber of officers sent to Carlisle, Pa., by the Board of AA^ar to learn the art of fixing anmnmition. "As you are sent to obtain a perfect knowledge of the business," General (niates. President of the Board, wrote April 28, 1778, "not only on your own accoimt, but to pronuilgate it through the States, the Board make no doubt of your diligently and manfully applying yourselves to the task you have imdertaken. We have too good an opinion of you all to suppose that it Mill be necessary to impress this sentiment upon you; because should there be any who are negligent, or averse to being- taught, the Board are satisfied, as men regarding the interest of your country, you would return to your other duty, and put some other person in a situation so desirable as that you are now in. The time you have been at Carlisle lias been one argument with the Board, added to their anxiety to have tlie labora- tory art more generally known, and we shall be happy to hear on your return to camp, and we have no doubt we shall, tiiat the knowledge you have gained at Carlisle is equal to the expectation formed when the measure of sending you there was adopted. " Tlie letter of (Tcneral Crates was addressed to Cap- tains Craig and Proctor, Captain Lieutenant Parker and Lieutenants Cooper and Parker. Carlisle. At
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that time there were only two Parkers in the Con- tinental Artillery, Captain Phineas Parker, of Bald- win's Artillery Artificer Regiment, and Lieutenant Robert Parker, of tlie 2d Continental Artillery. It thus appears that both of them were chosen for this important service. Lieutenant Parker's stay at Car- lisle was probably his first visit to the Cumberland A'alley, in which he made his home after the Revo- lution. He kept a Journal of the Sullivan Expedi- tion that has been preserved, and was printed in the Pennsylvania JNIagazine of History for October, 1902, and January, 1903.
A V lien General Lafayette visited America, in 1824, James Madison Porter, the youngest son of General Andrew Porter, was presented to him soon after his arrival in New York. " Porter," said the French hero, 'Vl remember that name; are you any relation of Captain l*orter, whom I met at the Brandy wine." "A son," young Porter answered. " I bless you for your father's sake," I.,afayette said. " He was a brave man. He had with liim there a young man, a relative I think, wliose name I have forgotten. They fought very nearly together." "^^^as it Parker?" Madison Porter asked. "That was the name. " "He was my mother's brother." "Ah, indeed," the Mar- quis, said; "they were good soldiers, and very kind to me wlien I was woimded. " Captain Parker was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
Captain Parker was appointed collector of excise for Franklin comity by the Supreme Executive Council, November 17, 1787. He built for himself, in the village of Mercersburg, a fine mansion for that
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period, which is still standing". In the east wall is a tablet containing liis initials, 1{. P., almost obliterated by exposiu'e to the elements.
Captain Parker was married May 10, 17H7, to Mary Smith, daughter of William and Mary (Smitli) Smith. She was born in 1704, and died at Mercers- burg, Pa., December 1, 1848.
Issue:
1. Eliza Parker, married John MeEarland . (See McEarland Family, (intc.)
2. Mary Smith Parker, married Dr. Peter W. Little. (See Little Family, po.st.)
Robert Porter Parker, son of James and Mary (Todd) Parker, died in March, 1800. He settled in Kentucky, where he died in the prime of life. He was married March !(>, 1789, to Elizabeth Porter, daughter of General ^Vndrew and Elizabeth (Mc- Dowell) I'orter. She was born September 27, 1769, and died at Lexington, Ivy., in 1851.
Issue:
1 . Mary Ann Parker, was married to John C. Ricliardson, and had five ehildren: Jane, mai-ried Minor O'liainion; John C, was a judi^e of the Supreme Court of Missouri, and was married to Betty Lionburu;er; Sarah, married John Fey; Eliza- beth, married June, 1844, Dr. John B. Alexandei', a physician at Shelbvville, Kv., and Lafayette county. Mo.; and Robert Parker, married Leonai'd.
2. Ann Eliza Parker, married Robert Smith Todd, of whom presently.
'3. James Porter Parker, renioved to Port Gibson, Miss., where he died. He was married to Mary Millii^an, and had Martha, Robert, William, John, Mary and James.
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4. Andrew William Parker, was married to Camille Brasher, and had one daughter, Camille, married AVilliam D. Irvine.
5. John Todd Parker, was a physician at Shelhyville and afterward at Newport, Kv. He was married to Jane Logan Allen, daughter of Colonel John and Jane (Logan) Allen, and granddaughter of General Benjamin Logan. Thev had six children: Elizabeth Jane, married Sanniel Bovd; Anna Maria, married William M. Dickson; Robert Henry; Mary Eliza, married John J. Dickson ; John Allen, and James Porter.
6. Robert Parker, died unmarried at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ill
"PI A VII) RITTP:XHOrSK P0RTP:R. son of
-■-^ General Andrew and Elizabeth (Parken Porter, was born October 31. 1788. and died at Harrisburo-. Pa.. August 6. 1867. He studied law. but never practiced because of feeble health in hi^ early life. As a young man he served as a clerk in the Sur\evor General's office, at Harrisburg. under his father, and later settled in Huntingdon county, where he was a clerk at. and afterward manager of Barree P^orge. His first venture in the manufacture of iron was dis- astrous and his firm failed in 1819. Mr. Porter was active in politics from his youth. The first office that he held was countv auditor of Huntino-don coimtv. to which he was elected in 181.5. He was a member of the Pennsyhania House (jf Representatives. 1819-21. and 1822 23: prothonotary and clerk of the courts of Huntingdon county. 1823-3(): register and recorder. 1827-30: state senator. 1837-39. and Cto\ - ernor of Pennsylania. 183!t-4.5. After retiring from the gubernatorial office he again engaged in the man- ufacture of iron, and he built the first anthracite furnace erected at Harrisburg.
(Tovernor Porter was married September 28. 1820. to .Josephine McDermott. daughter of A\'illiam Mc- Dermott. a nati\"e of Scotland, who engaged in the manufacture of steel by a new process in Huiitinjj-- don county. Mrs. Porter acted as her husband's clerk while he filled the courthouse offices at Hunt-
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ingdoii and niaiiy of tlie wills and deeds in the Huntingdon county records are in her handwriting.
Issue ;
1. William Augustus Porter, was born May 24, 1821, and (lied June 28, 1886. He was a justice of the Supreme Court of" PeiHisvlvania bv appointment in 1858, and in 1874 he be- came judge of the Court of Alabama Claims at Washington, I). C. He wi-ote a life of Chief Justice John B. Gibson.
2. Andrew Porter, deceased.
3. George W. Porter, was born March 9, 1825. He was a physician at Harrisburg, Pa., where lie was appointed post- master bv President Buchanan, in 1857. He was married in 1854 to Emilv Reilv, daughter of Dr. Luther and Rebecca (Orth) Reily, of Harrisburg. She died September 1, 1889. His children were (ieorge \V., Rel)ecca R., Caroline Reilv, Jose- phine, Emma and Elizabeth Reily.
4. Henry Porter.
5. Elizabeth Porter, was married to James M. Wheeler, of New Jersev.
(>. Horace Porter, of whom presentlv.
George Bryan Porter, son of Cieneral Andi*ew and Elizal)etli (Parker) Porter, w^as horn February 9. 1791, and died at Detroit, Mich., .luly 18, 1834. He was graduated at the I^aw School at I^itchfield. Conn., and admitted to the Lancaster County Bar in 1818. He became a leading lawyer, and was an active Democratic politician. He was appointed prothono- tary of Lancaster county in 1818, and became ad- jutant general of the state in 1824. In that year he made the address of welcome at Lancaster to La- fayette. He w^as elected a member of the Pennsyl- vania Legislature from Lancaster county in 1827.
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111 }H3'2 lie was appointed Governor of tlie Territory of Miehigan, a position that he oeeiipied at the time of his deatli.
IssiR":
1. Aiulivw Porter, wns Ijoi-ii Jiilv 10, 18i^0, uiid died in Paris, FraiK-e, Jaiuiarv J5, 187^. He served in the Mexican War as first lieutenant of Mounted llifles, U. S. A., and was promoted to be eaptain, Mav 15, 1847. He received the brevet lank of niajoi- for meritorious conchict at Contrei'as and Churu- busco, and of lieutenant-colonel for oallantrv at Chapultepec. Tiie outbreak of the Civil War found him colonel of the 16th InfantA', V. S. A., and he was apjiointed a briifadier-general of \()lunteers, May 17, 1861. He connnanded a bri<>;ade at Bull Run and when General Hunter was wounded took c-om- nian.d of the division. He was piovost marshal of the Army of the Potomac, 1861 6^, and of Washinoton, I). ('., 186J2-64. He was married (1), to Mar^ai-et l"'alconer Biddle, daughter of Majoi- John Biddle, of Detroit, Mich., and (^), to Kliza Bradish. By his fii-st wife he had one son, John Biddle Porter.
!2. Sarah Louise Portei', was married to Oliver Phelps, son of Judge Oliver Phelps, of westei'ii New \'ork. She had one son, Olivei-, who married his cousin, Sarah Humes Poi'ter Shissler.
3. Rosa Porter, was mai'rii'd to Lewis Shissler, a lawyer at (ialena. 111. She had one daughter, Sarah Humes Poi-tei'.
4. Lafayette Porter.
5. Humes Poi-ter.
James Madison Porter, son of Cieneral ^Vndrew and Elizabeth (Parker) Porter, was horn January 6, 17i).*3. and died November 11. 18()-i. He studied law and was admitted to the Bar. April 24. 181.*}. In 1818 he settled at Kaston, where he practiced his profession with oreat success foi' more than forty
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years. He was a member of the Constitutional Con- vention of Pennsylvania in 1838, and came within one vote of being president of that body. He was afterward President Judge of the judicial district comprising the counties of Dauphin, Lebanon and Schuylkill. He was Secretary of W-dr in the cabinet of President Tyler, 1843-44, but in consequence of the bitter feeling against Tyler's administration, his nomination was rejected by the Senate. He was one of the founders of Lafayette College, Easton, and was president of its board of trustees for a quarter of a century. Mr. Porter was married to Eliza Michler, daugliter of Peter Michler. of Easton, Pa.
Issue ;
1. Eli/abeth Parker Porter.
2. Harriet P. Porter.
3. Anna ^NI. Porter, deceased.
4. Marv S. Porter, married Davis.
5. James M. Porter.
6. Andrew Parker Porter, died August 15, 1866. He was graduated at the militarv academy, at West Point, in 18-56, and served tliroiigh the Civil War. He received the rank of brevet major, March 13, 1865, for faithful and meritorious service.
7. Ennna W. Porter, mai-ried Isaac K. Grier.
Ann Eliza Parker, daughter of Rol)ert and Eliza- beth (Porter) Parker, was married to Robert Smith Todd, son of (Tcneral Levi and Jane (Briggs) Todd. He was born February 25, 1791, and died July 16, 1849. He was for many years clerk of the Kentucky house of representatives, and president of the branch bank of Kentucky. Jit Lexington, from its establish-
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iiient, in 1884, until his dejitli. He was a member of the Kentucky liouse of representatives in 1841, 1842 and 1844, and of the state senate, 1845 49. He was a candidate for reelection to the Senate at the time of his death. No man, of his time, occupied a higher phice in the social and political life of liis state, or in the esteem of the business community.
Issue :
1. Elizabeth Parker Todd, was horn N()voinl)er, IHUi, and died Februai-y, 1888. She was married Februai-y 16, 183^, to Niniaii Wirt Edwards, son ofXinian and Elvira (Lane) E(h\ards. He was an eminent hiwver in lUinois. 'i'heii- children were Julian Cook, Albert S., (ieoroia, l^li/abeth E., and Charles.
^. Frances ,]. Todd, was born in 1817. She was married May 11, 18J39, to William Smith Wallace, son of John and Lvdia (Smith) Wallace, of Lancaster countv. Pa. He was a physician, at SpringHeld, III. In 1861, he was appointed a paymaster, C S. A., by his bi-other-in-law , President Lincoln, and sei'ved until the close of the war. Their children were Elizabeth, Maiy F., William F., Fiances, Edward I)., and Charles E.
3. Mai-y Todd, was born l)ecend)er 1^, 1<S1<S, and died at 8prin<»;field, 111., Juh 16, 18(S^. She was man-ied November 4, 184^, to Abraham Lincoln, son of Thomas and Nanc\ (Hanks) Lincoln. He was the sixteenth President of the Cnited States. Their children were Robert Todd, William Wallace and Thomas.
4. Ann Maria Todd, was maiiied October ^6, 1846, to C. M. Smith, of Sprinnfield, III., and had Clara, Edward, Allan, and Mimn'e.
5. Levi Todd, died in 186-5. He was mai'ried in 1845, to Louisa Series, and had Robert, Ellen, Louisa, and Susan.
6. (Teor<^e Rogers Clai'ke Todd, became a |)hvsician and served as a suiii;eon in the confederate armv.
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Mr. Todd was married (2), to Elizabeth Humphreys, daughter of Dr. Alexander Humphreys, of Staunton, Va. She died February 8, 1874. Their children were Margaret, married Charles B. Kellogg; Samuel Briggs; David Humphreys; Martha K., married C. B. White; Emilie, married General Ben Hardin Helm ; Alexander B.; Elodie, married H. N. R. Dawson; and Catharine Bodlev, married W. W. Herr.
IV
TTORACE PORTER, son of David R. mid Jose- -*--*- phine (JMcDerinott) Porter, was bom at Hunt- ingdon, Pa., April 15, 1837. He studied at the Law- rence Scientific School, at Harv ard, and was anidu- ated at the ITnited States Mihtary Academy, at West Point, in 18G0. After serving as an instructor in artillery, at the academy, he was ordered to duty with the army, at tlie beginning of the Civil War. as Chief of Artillery. He liad charge of the batteries at the capture of Fort Puhiski, and was wounded in the first attempt to capture Cliarleston. He served on the staff of CTcneral Rosecrans. He went tiu-ouah the Chickamauga campaign witli the iVrmy of the Cum- berland. When General (irant came east. Porter came with him as an aid-de-camj) on his staff', with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was with the Army of the Potomac in the campaig!i of 1804-65, from tlie VA^ilderness to Appomattox. He was brev- etted to be captain, U. S. A., for gallant and merito- rious service at the siege of Fort Pulaski, major at the Wilderness, and lieutenant-colonel at Newmarket Heights. For services during tlie war. he was made colonel and brigadier-general. After the war he made a series of tours, by Cxeneral Grant's direction, through the south and on the Pacific coast. General Porter resigned from the army in 1873. He was ^Vssistant Secretary of War, while Grant was Secretary of the Interior, in the cabinet of President Johnson, and
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was secretary to the President, during the first ad- ministration of General (xrant. After leaving the army. General Porter became interested in railroad enterprises. He was manager of the Pullman Palace Car Company, in New Vork, and the first president of the I^iake Shore Railroad. He was appointed Am- bassador to France, by President JMcKinley, in 1897, a position in which he greatly distinguished himself. He is now a member of The Hague Peace Congress. Cxcneral Porter is noted as a witty after-dinner speaker and for a man of affairs he has been a prolific writer. iVs early as 186(>. lie published "\Vest Point Ijife, ' and in later years he lias contributed many im- portant and valuable articles to the leading maga- zines. Among these, his accounts of (General Grant's brilliant campaign from the W^ilderness to Appomat- tox are especially noteworthy.
SMITH
rp HE SMITHS were of Scoteli origin, l)ut settled -*- ill Ireland at the Plantation of Ulster. It is said that the family name was Me Donald. The aneestor of the Smith family of Chester eoimty. Pa., who was a farmer and hlacksmith in Ireland, was the IMeDonald who adopted Smith as a surname. When Kino- AVilliam HI was on liis way to Boyiie water, his horse east a shoe. MeDonald. wlio lived in the neighborhood, replaeed the shoe and thus enabled King \\^illiam to reaeh the Hoyne in time to assume command of his left wing and rout the army of King James. Because of this timely aid to his sovereign JNIcDonald "the Sniitli" became Smitli.
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"OOBERT SMITH, son of McDonald ''the -'-^ Smith, " was born near the waters of the Boyne, Irehmd, and died at New London, Chester county, Pa., October, 1748. He emigrated to Pennsylvania about 1720. The name of his wife was Jean. After his death, his widow removed to Peters township, Cumberland, now Franklin county. Pa., with her children.
Is.sue :
1. Jonathan Smith, died at Ainbov, N. J., October JJO, 1776. He was a rulinti; elder of" the I'pper West Conoco- cheague Presbyterian Church from December 19, 1767, until his death. He served with the "I'lving Camp," prol)ably with Colonel Allison's regiment, in 1776, and died in the service. His wife Jean died December, 17tS-'5; they had no childivn.
^. James Smith, of" whom presently.
8. Robert Smith, of whom presently.
4. Marv Smith, married William Sn)ith, of whom presently.
5. Jean Smith, was married June, 1761, to James Mc- Dowell, son of Williani and Mary McDowell, earlv settlers at the base of Mt. Parnell. He was born in Chestei- county. Fa., in 17^8, and died February 5, 1811. He was an associate judge of Franklin county, 1791 1811. 'Flieir children were Robert, James, ^Villiam Smith, James, Mary, mari-ied Thomas Campl)ell; Annabelle, married John Johnston ; Jean, married (1), Isaac Bard, and (2), John Findlay; Sarah, married Daniel McLene ; and Margaret.
.James Smith, brother of the preceding, was born in Ireland, and died in xVntrim township. Cund)er-
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land, now Fnmkliii county. Pa.. May, 170.5. He Mas an early settler in tlie Conocoelieague Valley. His will was dated May 12, 17<>4, and pro^'ed at Carlisle, June 10, 170.5. The name of his wife was Jeiuiet.
Issue :
1. Alariraivt Smith, was inarned to Aiuhevv Itohison, a fanner of Antrim township, who died in 1794 95. Their children were Rohert, Anch'ew, James, Margaret, Mary, Esther, Rebeckah and Jennet.
2. Jean Smith, died umnarried in 1797.
3. John Smith, was married and had a son James.
4. W'ilham Smith, of w hom presently.
5. Robert Smith, of whom presently.
6. Abraham Smith, of whom presently.
II
TAMES SlSirrH, son of Robert and Jean Smith, *^ was born in Chester county, Pa., in 1737, and died in Bourbon county, Ky., in 1812. He was one of the first captives of the French and Indian \^^ar in 1755. The story of his captivity, written by himself for Loudon's '•Narratives,* has been reprinted in *' Border Life" and in part in "Our \\>stern Border." It is by far the best account of the daily life of the American Indian ever written and earned for its author the name of "tlie untutored Defoe." His style was remarkable for quaintness, simplicity and direct- ness, and his narrative was replete with the results of acute observation and illuminated by Hashes of \'i\ id description. He escaped from his captors in 1760, aiid returned to C'onococheatJuc after an absence of nearly five years. Soon after his return he organized a company of Indian fi<>liters, who were dressed in tlie Indian fashion and trained according to Indian methods. To tliese men was given the name of the "Black Boys." because they painted tlieir faces in the Indian colors, red and black. This com- pany did excellent service in the defense of the fron- tier. Later he turned his company over to his lieu- tenant, and in 1704. received a lieutenant's commis- sion and went out with Bouquet's expedition on the Muskingum. In 1765, when the Indian traders were carrying arms and ammunition to tlie western sa^ - ages, who were then threatening hostilities. Captain
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Smith determined to prevent the trade. Hastily gathering a number of liis old "Bhick Hoys." lie met the traders at Sideling Hill, and after routing them, destroyed their goods. ^Vnother exploit of his at this time was a siege of the English garrison at Fort Lou- don, which he brought to terms. He subsecpiently surprised Fort Bedford and released some of his "Black Boys" who were prisoners in the fort. In 1769, he was tried on a charge of murder at Carlisle, but it was shown that he could not ])ossibly have fired the fatal shot, and he was actjuitted. After his acquittal he removed to Bedford county, now W^est- moreland, and was captain of a ranging com])any in Dunmore's AVar in 1774. He was active in tiie AVestmoreland county nn'litia in 177o-7(>, and became major of the second battalion, Westmoreland County i^Vssociators. Major Smith was a mend)er of the Pennsylvania Convention of 177<>. and of the ^Vssem- bly, 177(J-77. While he was in the Assembly, he organized a scouting party, and went in aid of (xcn- eral Washington's army in the Jerseys. After the Revolution, he lemoved to Kentucky, where he served as a member of the Legislature. Colonel Smith was twice married. His first wife was ^Vima Wilson, and his second wife, Mary l^ogers.
Issue :
1. Rehcrc'i Smith.
^. Kli/alK'th Smith.
.'J. R()l)ert Smith, had a son, J. M.,a I'rc'shvtcriaii minister.
4. William Smith.
.5. James Smith, was mari-ied to Mar\' , and had
John, Sanuiel and W^ilham.
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6. Jonathan Smith.
7. Jane Smith.
Robert Smith, son of Robert and Jean Smith, was born in Cliester county. Pa. In 1769, soon after the rescue of the prisoners at Fort Bedford by Capt. James Smith and eighteen of his " Black Boys," Mr. Smith, in company with his brother, Captain James, and brother-in-law. James McDowell, started for the Youghigheny to survey some lands they had there. Rol)ert Smith and McDowell entered the town of Bedford to liaxe a horse shod. There they were arrested by Sheriff Holmes of Cumberland county, and held in confinement for some time, on suspicion of liaving been concerned in the Fort Bedford affair. He was married to Grizzel Newell, daughter of William Newell.
Issue:
1. James Smith, was married and had a son, Charles K., whose children were Marcella and Ellen A.
2. Martraret Smith, was married October 30, 1782, to James Cul))erts()n.
3. Mary Smith, was baptized June 24, 1770. She was married to Wilham Irwin.
William Smith, son of James and Jennet Smith, was born in Chester county. Pa., and died at Mercersburg, Pa., March 27, 1775. As a young man, he came to the Conococheague A^alley, and as early as 17-18, was lieutenant of Capt. Richard O'Caine's company, in Col. Benjamin Chambers' regiment. He removed to the neighborhood of Mercersburg soon after 1751. The site of the moun-
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tain town, afterward known as Smith's or Sniith's- Town, was then a frontier trading-post. The first settler was James Bhiek, who built a mill there, and gave the ineipient village the name of Blaeks-Town. Blaek's name is not on the list of taxables for 1751, but it may be assumed that Ann Black, who was a taxable, was his widow. \\^itliin a year or two the mill and trading-post had passed into the possession of Smith, who soon became the most prominent and acti\e man on the frontier. In 1755, he was ap- pointed one of the commissioners to build the road from McDowell's Mill to the Three Forks of Voughi- gheny, intended to enable (General Braddock to ob- tain supplies for liis army. In tliis work he was very zealous. In 1757 the dissatisfaction of the magis- trates of Cumberland county witii the provincial autiioritics was so great that the justices resigned. i^Vmong the new justices appointed July l.*5, 1757, was A\^illiam Smitli. He held office until January 15. 17<H), when he was su})erseded for participation in the affair at Fort Loudon. Tlie story is told in detail in the narrative of Col. James Smith, in " Bor- der Life." who was the l)rother-in-law of Justice Smitii. W^hile James Smitli was in jail at Carlisle awaiting trial on a false charge of murder. \\^illiam Smith wrote a manly and convincing letter to the '' Pennsylvania (Tazette," detailing the circumstances attending the shooting and showing that the fatal shot could not have been fired by Captain Smith. This letter was printed in the *' Gazette," Xo^'eml)er 2, 1701), and is reprinted in full in Capt. James Smith's Narrative. He was a rulin"' elder of the
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I pper A\'^est Conocochea^iie Presbyterian church from December 19, 17(37, until his death. Mr. Smith was married to his cousin, Mary Smith, daughter of Robert and Jean Smith. She was born in Chester county. Pa., and died at Mercersburg, Pa., February 11, 1808.
Lssue :
1. William Sniitli, of whom presently.
J2. Jane Smith, married Samuel Findlay, of whom presently.
3. Rebeeca Smith, mai'ried John Johnston, of whom presently.
4'. Mary Smith, married Captain Robert Parker. (See Parker Family, a fife.)
5. Robert Smith, of whom presently.
Robert Smith, son of James and Jennet Smith, died June, 1787. He was an early settler at Welsh Run. in what is now Montgomery township, Frank- lin county. Pa. The name of his wife was Catharine.
Issue :
1. Samuel Smith. '2. Ohver Smith. 'J. Isaac Smith.
4. Mari^aret Smith. .5. Ann Smith.
(). Elizabeth Smith.
^Vbraham Smith, son of James and Jennet Smith, was born in Chester county. Pa., and died in Frank- lin county. Pa., June 8, 1813. He was colonel of the eighth battalion, Cumberland Coimty Associators, 1777-80, and saw considerable active service. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly from
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Fnuiklin county, 1784-87; of the Supreme Execu- ti\'e Council of Pennsylvania, 1787-90 ; and a state senator, 1790-94.
Issue :
1. Affiles Smith, married WaUer Beatty, of whom presently.
^2. Rebecca Smith, married Major Jeremiah Talbot, of whom presently.
'3. Samuel Smith, was born neai- Greencastle, Pa. He studied medicine and be^an his pi-ofessional career at Bedford, Pa., but later removed to Cumberland, Md., where he was a leadinj^ physician initil his death.
Ill
VM/^ILLIAM SMITH, son of William and Mary ^ ^ (Smith) Smitli, was born at JMercersburg, Pa., about 1747, and died April, 1786. He inherited the site of Mercersburg, which lie was engaged in laying out as a town at tlie time of his death. He was married September 2. 1783, to Margaret Piper, daughter of V\^illiam and Sarah (McDowell) Piper. She was born April .'i, 1765, and died February 20, 1852.
Issue :
1. Sarah Smith, married John Br()wnson,of whom presently.
After Mr. Smith's death, his widow married James
li"win.
Jane Smith, daughter of AVilliam and Mary (Smith) Smitli, was born in 17-19, and died June 1), 1788. She was married in 17(>5, to Samuel Findlay, son oi' Samuel and Elizabeth (Brown) Findlay. He w^as born in Philadelphia in 17'35, and died near Mercersburg. Pa., in 1804. He was brought to the Conococheague N^alley, near Shady (iro\e, by his mother in his infancy. Like his half-brothers, the Johnstons, he was an ardent patriot during tlie Revolution and served as quartermaster of Col. Samuel Culbertson's battalion. Cumberland County Associators, 1777 78. He was a successful business man and acquired con- siderable property, all of which he directed should be sold after his death, except two tracts, one at the mouth of the Loyalhanna in Westmoreland county
(4.60)
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and tlie other on Pkmi Creek, Northumberland county, which he reserved for his son Nathan, when he came of aoe.
Issue :
1. John Fiiullav, was ])ov\\ near Meiversl)urg-, Pa., March iil, 1766, and died at Chanil)ersl)uri!;, November 5, 18-38. He was colonel of the Franklin county regiment of militia which marched to tlie defense of Baltimore in 1814, and was a Repre- sentative in Congress, 1821-27. He was married (1), March 11, 1788, to Nancv Brownson, d;uigliter of Dr. Richard and Marv (McDowell) Brownson. She was born in 1766, and died January, 1805. His second wife was Jane (McDowell) Bard, daughter of James and Jean (Smith) McDowell, and widow of Isaac Bard. He had seven children bv his first wife: Jane, married John Maclav; Mary, married George P. Torrence; Reljecca, mai'ried Thomas Sloo; Elizabeth King; John; Sanuiel B.; and Eleanoi- Johnston, married Matthew Smith.
2. NVilliani Findlay, was boi-n near Mercersburg, Pa., June 20, 1768, and died at Harrisburg, November 12, 1846. He served in the Pennsylvania Legislature, and became State Treasurer in 1807. He was elected Governor in 1817, and was a Senator of the Tnited States, 1821 27. He was married December 7, 1791, to Nancy Irwin, daughtei' of Archibald and Jean (McDowell) Irwin. She was boi-n A})i-il 2'3, 1763, and died Julv 27, 1824. 'i'lieii' children were Samuel, Archibald Irwin, James, John King, Robert Smith, an(l Jane. Jane F'indlav married Francis R. Shunk, who became Governor of Pennsylvania.
;3. James Findlav, was born near Mercersburg, Pa., in 1770, and died at Cincinnati, ( )., December 21, 18'35. He was mayoi- of Cincinnati, 1805 0(), and 1810 11. He was colonel of a regiment in the War of 1812, and was j)resent at Hull's sur- render. He was a Representative in Congress. 1825 .'33. l*'ind- lay, the county seat of Hancock county, ()., was named in his
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lionor. He was married June 15, 1797, to Jane Irwin, a ^sister of the wife of his brother WilHani.
4. Jonathan Smith Findlay, was a journahst. He was mar- ried to H. Dargent; thev had Margaret, James, WilHam, Charles, and Henrv.
5. Samuel Findlav, was baptized Julv 11, 1773, and died young.
6. Rol)ert Findlay, was baptized March -3, 1776, and died January, 1778.
7. Thomas Findlay, was l)orn December 15, 1780, and died September 17, 1852. He was a merchant in Baltimore in partnership with Kbenezer Finley, and was appointed post- master of Jialtimore by President Harrison in 1841. He was married to Anna Perry Bell. She was born in 1787, and died October 8, 1837. Their children were Syhester learned, Thomas, Alexander, James, John William, Flizabeth Marga- retta, William Reynolds, Amelia Fi-azer, Robert S., Mary Jane, and Ann Rebecca.
8. Nathan Findlay, was baptized June 5, 1783. He was married to Frances Stanberg.
Sanuiel Findlay^s father, also Samuel P^indlay, was a natiye of Ireland, who died in Philadelphia soon after his marriage. His mother, Flizabeth Brown, was a daughter of Cornet Brown, who was active in the defense of Londonderry in 1688. In her widowhood, she was married to Major James Johnston, who was among the first settlers of Antrim township, in what is now Franklin county. Pa., and she became the mother of the four Johnston brothers, James, Thomas, Robert and John, all distinguished in the Revolution.
Rebecca Smitli, daughter of William and Mary (Smith) Smith, was married November 8, 1772, to Jolin Johnston, son of James and Elizabeth (Brown)
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Johnston. He was born in 174-7, and died at Salts- buro-. Pa.. Oetober 21, 182(). He inherited a part of" the old Johnston phuitation, near Cxreeneastle, Pa., under his father's will. He was major of Colonel Abraham Smith's battalion. Cumberland County Assoeiators, 1777-80, and was eommissioned major of the first battalion. May 10, 1780. He w^as chosen coroner of Franklin county, in 178,5, and was sheriff", 1787-90. He afterwards removed to Westmoreland, now Indiana county. Pa.
Issue :
1. William Johnston.
2. Kobeit Joliiistoii.
3. Elizabeth Johnston, died unnianied.
4. James Johnston.
Major Johnston was mai-ried (Ji), August 21, 178!2, to Ainiabelle MeDowell, daughter of James and Jean (Smith) McDowell. She was born December 5^4, 176!i, and died December !^!2, 1807. Their children were Samuel, John, Thomas, Jane, married Andrew Boggs; Rebecca, married Andrew Work; George W., and Mary S., man-ied William Smith.
Robert Smith, son of W^illiam and Mary (Smith) Smith, was born at Mercersburg, Pa., in 1700, and died April 2, 1849. He was auditor of Franklin county, 1805-07: a member of the Legislatin-e, 1807-09, 1811-14 and 1815, and speaker, 18i;3; state senator, 1819-2.3 ; and associate judge, 188()-43. Mr. Smith was married November 10, 1790, to Flizabeth Irwin, daughter of Archibald and .lean (McDowell) Irwin. She was born at Irwinton Mills, August 24, 1767, and died March 20, 1814.
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Issue :
1. Jane Smith, nmrricd Dr. Alexander T. Dean, of whom presently.
^. Wilham Smith, of whom presently.
3. Sarah Smith, married John Findlay, of whom presently.
Agues Smith, daughter of Colonel Abraham Smith, died September 15, 1822. She was married JNIarch 8, 1 781, to AValter Beatty, son of Henry and Catharine Beatty. He was born at Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, and died at Chambersburg, Pa., /Vugust 11, 1821. He served in Captain Samuel HoUidays marching company, of Colonel Samuel Culbertson's l)attalion, in the campaign around Phila- delphia, in 1777. He was a contractor and builder, and l)uilt the first comlhouse in Chambersburg.
Issue :
1. Harriet Beatty, died younj;-.
'2. Martha Beatty, died August U, 1823.
3. Sanuiel Smith Beattv, was born January 19, 1789, and died April 4, 1847.
4. Ruth Beattv, twin sister of Sanuiel S., died December 3, 1869.
5. Walter Beattv, was l)orn April lii, 1795, and died in Chambersbur<^-, Pa., January 7, 1879. He was married March 25, 1838, to Margaret Tweed, who was l)orn at Larne, Ireland, in 1805, and died in Chambersburg, Pa., March 24, 1899.
6. Aim Smith Beattv, was born November 12, 1798, and died September 1, 1876.
According to tradition, Mr. Beatty 's father. Henry Beattv, a native of Countv Tyrone, was married in Ire- land, where his children were born. He determined to emiiiTate to Pennsvlvania and, leavinii; his wife and
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children behind him, came to the Cumberland Valley, where he died before his wife Catharine and their chil- dren were able to join him. The family came to An- trim township, Cumberland, now Franklin county, with their mother. The children were William, James, Eliz- beth (Mrs. Lennox), Mari>:aret (Mrs. Fallon), Walter, John, and Henrv.
Rebecca Smith, daughter of Colonel Abraham Smith, died September 19, 181.5. She was married to Jeremiah Talbot, who died in Chambersbm-g, Pa., January 19, 1791. He was one of the distinoislied soldiers of the lievolution from tlie C'umberhmd Valley. He raised a company, mostly from the \W"st Conococheague, in the winter of 177o-7<>, and was commissioned captain in the Gtli Pennsyhania bat- talion, January 9, 177<). He served in the second Canada expedition. V\nien the battalion was reoroau- ized, in 1777, and became the 7th re<yiment. I'enn- sylvania Line, he remained witli his C()mj)any. but was promoted to be major of the (Jth reoiment, September 22, 1777: he served until January 1. 1781. Major Talbot was tlie first sheriff' of Franklin county, 1784-87.
Issue :
1. Hillary Talbot, was married in Missouri to Mrs. Hennett.
2. Elizal)eth Tall)<)t, married Dr. James Martin.
3. Mary Smith Talbot, was born 1782, and flied April 12, 1836.
DD
IV
^ ARAH SMITH, daughter of William and Mar- '^ ti^aret (Piper) Smith, was born at Mercersburg, Pa., June, 1784, and died July 25, 1859. She was married October 7, 1807, to John Brownson, son of Dr. liiehard and Mary (McDowell) Brownson. He was born in Peters township, Cumberland, now Franklin county. Pa., in 17<)8, and died at Mercers- burg, Pa., February 20, 1836. He was a soldier of the War of 1812, and a prominent officer in the Pennsylvania militia.
Issue :
1. Mai'garet Brownson, was baptized February, 181 J3. She was married July 18, 1855, to John McDowell.
i^. Nancv Brownson, was baptized May 9, 1814, and died in infanc'v.
-'3. Richard Brownson, was baptized February 25, 1816, and died in infancv.
4. James Irwin Brownson, was born March 14, 1817, antl died at Washington. Pa. He was graduated at Washington College in 1836, and at the Western Theological Seminary in 1840. He became a distinguished minister of the Presbyterian Church. He was married (1) May 14, 1843, to Sarah Ellen Maclay, and (2) January 9, 1855, to Eleanor McCullough Acheson. By his first wife, he had John Maclay, Elliott C, Sarah Smith, Ellen Maclay, and Mary R., and by his second wife, James I., Marcus A., Robert M., Alexander Acheson, Mary W., Margaret ]McK. and Loretta Morgan.
5. -John Brownson, was baptized October 17, 1819, and died in infancy.
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6'. Nathan Asa lirownson, was l)a|)ti/c(l September 2,181:21, and (lied in intaiu'v.
7. Sarah Jane Brounson, was l)apti/ed A])ril 13, 182.'}, and died July 22, 184;}.
8. Marv Klizai)eth lirownson, was baptized May l-S, 1 82(i, and died in infanev.
9. Robert Smith Browiison, was born in 1827, and died Jime 15, 1885. He was graduated at Marshall College, Mer- eersburg, I'a., in 1847, and at the Medical Department of the Kniversitv of" IVnnsvlvania in 1851. He practiced his pi-o- t'ession at Mercersburg. He was connnissioned captain of ("oni- panv C, 12()th IV'inisvlvania \'olunteers, August 11, 1862, and promoted to be niajoi', March 9, 186;}. lie was nuu-ried to Mai'v Covle. (laughti'r of A. L. ('o\le, of Mercersburg, I'a.
Mr. l^rownson's fatiier, \)v. Itichard Brownson, died Mai'ch 25, 1790. He was a nephew of Di'. Nathan Bi-own>on. I)epiit\ l'ur\c'Vor of Hospital for the South- ern Ai'uiN .uid (ioNcrnor of (ieoi-gia. liefore the Rexo- hition lie came to l\'ters townshi[), ('und)erland, now l^'ranlslin count v, l*a., wlicrc he practiced medicine. He was sui'geon toC'olonel Samuel ("ull)erts()n"s battalion, of ("umberland ( ount\ Associators, 1777 80. Di-. Brown- son was married to .Marv McDowell, daughter of John and .Agues (Craig) McDowell, of McDowclTs Mill. She was born in 174;?, and died April 22, 18;}3. 'I'heir children were John. Nathan, Timothy, Asa, Nancy, l^lizabeth and .\bigail.
.laiic Siuitii. (hiiioiitci- of H()l)crt and Kli/uhetli (Irwin) Smith, was hoi'ii April .*}(). 1792. and died April 29. 1827. She was married A})ril 7, 1815. to Alexander Traey Dean, wiio was hoi-n in Ilnntintr- don eonnty. Pa., in 1788. and died at Ilarrishurg, November 4, 18J34. He began the praetiee of medi-
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cine at Mercersbiirg. He was first sergeant of Cap- tain Thomas Bard's company which marched to the defense of Baltimore in 1814. In 181,5, lie removed to Chamhersburg, wliere he practiced tliirteen years, 1815 28. In tlie hitter year he removed to Harris- burg, where he continued in tlie practice of his pro- fession until his death.
Issue :
1. Elizabeth Dean, was hovu April ^8, 1816. and died September 7, 1817.
2. Mary Ann Dean, was born at Chanibersburo-, Pa., Aug'ust 19, 1819, and died in 1845. She was niairied to Wil- liam Young, a physician, and had AVilliam, Alexander Dean and Anna Mary.
i^. Rol)ert Smith Dean, was horn at C'hamhei'sburg, Pa., February 1, 18!^2, and died at New Orleans, Oetobei-, 1867. He was graduated at Marshall College, Mercer.sl)urg, in 18i59, and was a lawyer at Cincimiati, Ohio.
NA'^illiam Smith, son of Robert and Klizabeth (Irwin) Smith, was bc^rn at Mercersburg, Pa., Decem- ber 26. 1796, and died October 15. 1846. He was a corporal in Captain Thomas Bard's company in 1814. He was married X()veml)er 4. 1818. to Mary Smith Johnston, daughter of Major John and Annabelle (McDowell) Johnston. She died August 14. 1840.
Issue :
1. Elizabeth Irwin Smith, was hoi-n September 2, 1820, and died at Gettysburg, Pa., November 26, 1899. She was married Oetobei" 24, 1844, to John S. Crawford, son of Dr. William Crawford, of Gettysburg, Pa. She was his second wife. They had four childivn: William H., Robert Smith, George Douglass and Marv Johnston, mari'ied John M. Krauth.
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^. William Johnston Smith, died at AVoodhuni, Iowa, Fehniarv 28, 1875. He was mari'ied to Rehecra M. Work, dautrhtei' of Samuel rlohiistoii Work, and had William Work, Samuel Johnston, Marv Reheeea and Anna Li/zie.
8. Jolni Johnston Smith, was born in 18123, and died August, 18!27.
4. Marv Parker Smith, was horn September, 1825, and died December 10, 1830.
5. Annabella Smith, was mairied to Rev. Sanuiel H. (yiesv, minister of the Reforn)ed Church, and had Harrv, Ann and Mary E.
6. Jane Smith, died at (yettvsburg. Pa.
7. Robert Smith, was born March, 1828, and died August 24, 1828.
8. Sarah Rebecca Smith, was boin Deceml)er, 1838, and died Mav 5, 1841.
9. James Findlav Smith, was boi'n June, 1844, and died July 13, 1844.
Sarah Smith, dauo-jitei- of I^obert and Elizabeth (Irwin) Smith, was horn October 10. 180.'}, and died Deeeml)er 0. 1850. She was married November 21), 1824. to John Findlay, son of Colonel John and Xaney (Brownson) Findlay. He was born /\ngnst, 1700, and died at C^liambersbnro-. I'a,, October 14, 18.'32. He was register and recorder and clerk of the Orphans' Court of Franklin county. 1824 80.
Issue :
1. (A son), was born Aj)ril 8, 1837, and died in infaucv.
2. John Findlay, was born June 2f). 1828, and died December 29, 1832.
3. Robert Smith Findlay, was born March 28, 1832, and died at Osceola, Iowa, August 3, 1900. He served in Compaiiv C, 126th Pennsylvania \'olunteers. In 1868, he went to Wood-
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burn, Clark county, Iowa. He was married September 14, 1876, to Emma J. Lash, daug'hter of James Lash, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa., and had John Torrence, William Perry, Robert Smith, James Lash, Elizabeth Rice, Ennna Lash, Anna Marv, and Grace Rice.
4. Elizabeth Findlay, was born December 8, 1825, and died in Iowa. She was married December 21, 1852, to Perrv A. Rice, who was l)orn at Frederick, Md., in 1822, and died in Libbv Prison, Feljiniarv 28, 186;J. He was graduated at Mar- shall College in 1846, and admitted to the Franklin County Bar, November 2, 1848. He settled at Mercersbui-g, where he conducted the Mercersburg "Journal'''' and servetl as justice of the peace. When the confederates, under General J. E. B. Stuart, made the famous raid around McClellan's arniv in 1862, Mr. Rice was taken from his home and carried to liichmond. Their children were John Findlav, Thomas Williard, Robert Smith Findlav, ^Villianl Perrv, and Sarah Findlav.
LITTLE I
I^ASPER LITTLE, the ancestor of the Little ^^ family, of Mount Joy township, ^Vdanis county. Pa., was probably born in or near Manheini, in Baden, Germany, and died in JNloinit .loy township, \'ork. now Adams comity. Pa., in October or No- vember, 1783. He emigrated to Pennsylvania, on the ship ''Lesbie,' landin*^- at Philadelphia. October 7, 1741). Some of the passen<>ers on tliis ship were from Zweibrucken, Switzerland, but most of them came from the neighborhood of Manheim. ^A coat of arms in Siebmacher's "AVappenbuch" shows that the Kleins were a prominent family, in Baden, previous to the innnigration of Cas])er Klein. In accordance with the policy of the pro\'ince of Pennsyhania. Casper Klein, soon after his arri\al, changed the Cierman name Klein to its English ecpiivalent. Little. As Casper Little, he was ensign of Captain William (Tibson's associated company, of York county, in 175(). These associated companies were emergency organizations formed for the defense of the frontiei" against the Indians, soon after Braddocks defeat. Mr. Little was a farmer and settled neai* the village of Two Taverns, in what is now Mount Joy town- ship, Adams county. Pa. There is reason to believe that he was twice married. The name of his first wife has not been ascertained. His second wife, Susamia,
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472 THE BARD FAMILY
survived him many years and probably died in Ha- gerstown, Md., about 1826.
Issue bv his first wife :
1. John Little, died in 1805.
2. An(h"e\v Little, of whom presently.
3. Henrv Little, of whom presently.
4. Dayid Little, died in 1806. The name of his wife was Rachel. Their children were Elias, Dayid, Andrew, Elizabeth, and Susan.
5. Veronica Little.
6. Samuel Little, was a resident in Mount Joy township, in 1799.
7. George Little.
Issue by his second wife:
1. Joseph Little, of whom presently.
2. Susamia Little. i3. Adam Little.
4. Catharine Little, married Frederick Miller, of whom presently.
5. Jacob Little, was born near Two Tayerns, York, now Adams county, Pa., in 1775, and died in Baltimore, Md., in 1826. lie left his estate to his sister, Catharine Miller, for her care of his aged mother, and to his niece, Susanna Little, daugh- ter of his l)rother. Dr. Peter W. Little. His wardrobe was left to his brother. Dr. Little, if he would accept it.
6. Hannah Little, married William Runkel, of whom presently.
7. Peter Washington Little, of whom presently.
II
A NDREW LITTLE, son of Casper Little, l)y -^^^ his first wife, whs a soldier of the Revolution, serving as fifer in Captain Hugh Campbell's company, of Colonel Robert McPherson's battalion, York county militia, in 1770. He was a farmer in Mount Joy township, Adams county. Pa., near Two Ta\ erns. The surname of Mr. I little's wife was Knight.
Issue:
1. Andrew Little, of wlioiu j)i-esentlv.
2. Uiehard Little, was niarned to Mrs. Mar<^ai-et Ashbautili, whose maiden iian)e was Ogden. 'fhey had two eliildren: Cath- arine I'olly, who married Henrv (ierlaeh, and Robert A(|uilla, who died unmarried.
3. Catharine Little, was born February 28, 1787, and died Jaiuiary 29, 1864. She was married January 5, 1809, to HeiuT Heagen, who was born May 15, 1786, and died N()veml)er 11, 1848. Their children wei-e Nelson, Hem-y, John \V., Mary, married Rev. Joseph Sherfy; Catharine, married x\u<»;ust IJl, 1820, Robert Linn; Anne F.; Amanda, married ( 1 ), (reorge Droup, and (2), Daniel Peters; Fsther Alvina, married Wes- ley Bertman; and Susanna, married (1), Chai'les (^uantrill, and (2), David Reiffe.
4. Anna Little.
5. Martha Little.
6. Sarah F. Little, was born April 10, 179''3, and died November 8, 1886. She was married to Victor Hause, who was born in 17955, and died May 9, 1861. Their children, among others, were Margaret J. and Cassandra.
7. Jemima Little, was married to Sourbier.
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8. Jessie Little, was boi'u February 28, 1797. He was married to Margaret Grier.
9. Margaret Little, was married to George.
10. Elizabeth Little, was born November 2, 1807, and died April 15, 1895. She was married to Andrew Banker, of Chambersburg, Pa. Their children were Jacob, Maria, Sarah and Marv Catharine.
Henry Little, son of Casper I^ittle by his first wife, died in 1810. He served in Captain Hugli Canipbell's eonipany of Colonel Robert McPherson's battalion. York county militia, in 1770. He was married to Magdalena Little, daughter of Frederick and Dorothy Little. They had five sons and five dautj^hters. His will was proved in Adams county, Pa.. January 7, 1811. The names of only four of his children are mentioned in his will.
Issue:
1. Jacob Little, was boiii March, 1786, and died August i;3, 1859. The name of his wife was Sophia. She was born in 1814, and died Noveml)er 2(), 1857.
!2. Henry Little, died January or February, 1860. His wife was Mary. Their childivn were Catharine, Sarah, Susanna, Marv xVnn, Elizabeth, Julian, and Hem-y.
3. David Little, was born Fel)ruary 8, 179'5, and died Jan- uary 4, 1864. He was married April 9, 1816, to Mary Hoke, daughter of Jacob Hoke. Siie was born January 1, 1792, and died October 16, 1862.
4. Marv Little, died before iier father.
Mrs. Little's grandfathei- was Ludwig Little, born Klein, a native of Germany, who died at or near Littlestow n, in 1786. He emigrated to Pennsylvania, in the ship "Sanuiel," landing at Philadelphia, August 30, 1737.
THE BARD KINSHIP 475
He settled in what is now Gernianv township, Adams county. Pa. The name of his w ife was Mary Eva. Their c'hihh'en were Peter, Frederick, and Margaret (Mrs. P^'aneiseus).
Peter Little, son of Ludwio- and Mai'v Eva Little, was born January 27, 1724, and died April 7, 178^. He obtained a patent, Septend)er 18, 1760, for fill acres of land in (iermanv township, York, now Adams comity, on which he laid out the town of Petersburi;', in 1765. Accoi'ding to the oi'iginal plan it consisted of fifty-seven lots, 66x254 feet. Each purchaser was re- (juired to build a dwelling house eighteen feet scpiare within three years. Although the deeds recited that it was to be called Petersl)urg foivver, the (ierman part of the j)opulation named it '•'Kleina Stedtle" from the out- set, and it soon became known in English as ''Peter Little's town.'" 'I'hen tlu' name Peter was dropped, and the village took its present name of Littlestown. This confusion led to a blunder in Appleton's '■'■ Cyclopedia of American Biography,"' that has in it something of the ii()n\ of fate, Peter's Klein's son, Peter Little, of Mary- land, being described as born at Petersl)urg, Hunting- don county. Pa. On his tond)stone the name of the founder of Littlestown is Peter Klein. He was married to Ursula Schreiver. Their children were Jiarbara, Michael, Catharine, Mary, Elizabeth, Susamia, Ludwig, Joseph and Peter. Peter Little was born at Littlestown, in 177'3, and died in Baltimore county, Md., I'ebruary 5, 1830. He was a representative in Congivss, 1811- l;J, and 1817 29. He was colonel of the 28th Cnited States infantry, in the War of 1812.
Mrs. Little's father, l^'rederick Little, son of Ludwig and Mary Eva Little, was born in 17'37, and died August 15, 1811. His wife, l)oroth\, was born in
476 THE BARD FAMILY
1739, and died September 24, 1825. Theii- children were Anna Mary, Elizabeth, Barbara, Frederick, Mag- dalena, Catharine, Dorothy, Hannah, David, and Susanna.
Joseph Little, son of Casper and Susanna Little, was born in 1766, and died in Hagerstown, Md., December J31, 1846. He served in Captain Andrew Forman's eonipjuiy, guarding British prisoners, at York, Pa., in 1781. He was a plow and wagon-maker, in Hagerstown, 1805-15. Mr. I^ittle was married to Esther Baird, daughter of Major A\Mlliam Baird, of Hagerstown.
Issue :
1. William Little.
Mrs. Little's father. Major William Baird, died at Ha- gerstown, Md., May 11, 1791. He was an officer in Braddock's unfortunate expedition, in 1755, and be- came a very prominent man in the conniuniity in which he lived. He was a member of the Maryland Provincial Convention, for the upper district of Frederick, now Washington county, December 18, 1775. He was coroner of Washington county from its organization, and was a magistrate for many years. At the time of his death he owned lands in Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky. He was twice married. The name of his first wife has not been ascertained. His second wife was Margaret Reynolds, a widow. She died August 27, 1800. By his first wife he had a son, William, and a daughter, Esther. By his second marriage he had three daughters, Ruth (Mrs. Wallace), and Fannie and Mar- garet, who were minors at the time of his death.
Catharine Little, daughter of Casper and Susanna Little, was born in 177'3, and died in Hagerstown,
THE BARD KINSHIP 4T7
Md. She vvMs niarried to Dr. Frederick JNIiller, who was bom in 1752, and died in Hagerstowii, Md., Xo- veinber. 1883. He settled in Hagerstown, in 1789, and was the first drut>(>ist in tliat phiee. He was a member of the firm of Little cV- Miller, 1800-05, Jacob Little, his bi-other-in-law, beino- jiis partner.
Issue:
1. Henriett.i Alilk'r, was married to Joshua 1*. C'list ; thev liad no c'liildien.
Hannah Little, danohter of C'asjjer and Snsanna Little, was Ijoin in 177(>, and died of cliolera, at (Ter- mantown. Pa., in 1832. She was married at Cham- bersburo'. Pa., February 7, 17iH), by the Rev. ^L Stock, to ^Villiam Hunkel, son of the Hev. John William and Catharine (Xeiz) Runkel, who studied medicine and practiced his profession at (Tcrmantown, Pa. He li\ed in the Xutz house, in INlain street, that was once the home of Count Balusky, a French emi- orant of the Ueioii of Terror. He was captain of the (Tcrmantown Hlues, and served at Camp Dupont, in 1812. He conunanded tlie Xorthern Liberty (Tuards, in the battalion of Major Samuel Sparks, in the ser- vice of the Lnited States, from September KJ to l)e- ceml)er 31, 181-t. He was clerk of the Orphan's Court of l*hiladelphia, 1825-20.
Issue:
1. John Wilhehii liunkel, was honi .March 'i2, 1805. ^. Theodore Lilienthal Ruiikel, was horn April L>5, 1 SOS. He was a phvsieian.
;5. Edwin Runkel, was l)oni March 4, 1811. 4. Catharine llunkel.
478 THE BARD FAMILY
5. I^evesa Lassiiia Riinkcl, was born March 28, 1814.
6. Aletlia Malviiia Kuiikel, was born Julv 19, 1815.
Dr. Kinikers father, Ke\ . John \>^il]iani Runkel, was born at ()beren<^olheini, in the Palatinate, April 28, 1749, and died November 5, 1832. He came to Penn- sylvania with his parents, ^V^endel and Julia Ann (^^'ertzel) Kunckle, in 1764. He began to study for the ministi'v of the Reformed Church in 1774, and in 1777, before he was ordained, he was given charge of the churches at Shi})pensburg, Carlisle, Trindle's Spring and Hunnnelstown. In 1781, he was called to the Lebanon charge, which included a number of congregations in Lancaster county, and was called to the Frederick, Md., charge in 1784, where he remained until 1802, when he accepted a call to Germantown, Pa. He was pastor of the churches forming the Gettysburg, Ennnittsburg and Taney town charge, 1815-22. He preached fre- quently afterward, but owing to his advanced years acce})ted no regular charge. Mr. Runkel was married June 5, 1770, to Catharine Neiz, daughter of John Heni'v Neiz, who emigrated to Peiuisylvania on the ship "Richmond,'' landing at Philadelphia, ()ctol)er 5, 176J3. She died August 12, 1820. Their children were Margaret, William and John.
John Runkel, son of John William and Catharine Runkel, was boi-n Fel)ruary 22, 1786, and died April 19, 1880. In eai-ly life he was a minister of tlie Re- formed Chiurh, but afterward practiced medicine at Gettysburg, Pa. He was married to Elizabeth Rupp, and had one daughter, Anna Runkel, wlio is living at Gettvsbm'g at an axh anced age.
Peter NA'asliingtoii I>ittle, son of Casper and Sus- anna Little, was born February 13, 1784, and died
THE BAKU KINSHIP 479
July I, 1848. His hirtli was after his fktliers deatli. In the application for the appointment of a guardian for tlie children of Casper I^ittle, in York county. Pa., his age is given as four years. This may have heen a guess of the lawyer or of his eldest brother. John Little. His early years were spent at Hagerstown, Md., where he was educated, and lie studied medicine under the celebrated Dr. Henjamin Rush, the emi- nent physician of l*hiladelpliia and signer of tlie Declaration of Independence. After liis marriage, lie settled at JNIercersburg, Pa., where he practiced his profession for many years. He was a man of fine at- tainments and a skillful physician. He was post- master at INlercersburg. 1822-27, and a trustee of Marshall College, and secretary of the board, 188(5- 88. Dr. Little was married September '2i'}, 1808, to Mary Smith Parker, daughter of Captain Kol)ert and Mary (Smith) l*arker. She was born April .5, 1788, and died August 26, 1848.
Is.sue :
1. Susanna Little, nianied (ie()r<^e li. Porter, of wlioin })resentlv.
^. Mary Parker Little, married David Zeller, of whom piesently.
'3. Elizabeth Smith Little, married Robert M. Hard. (See "Descendants of Richard Bard.")
4. Robert Parker Little, of whom pivsentlv.
5. Louisa Catharine Little, niarried Geor^'e A\'. Williard, of whom presently.
6. Nancv Jane Findlay Little, was born Au<>;ust ^0, 18;2(), and died October ^4, 1895.
7. Benjamin Rush Little, of whom presently.
A
III
XDREW LITTLE, son of Andrew and
(Knight) Little, was born March 17,
17H4. and died December 22, 1845. He removed from Adams to Frankhn county, and settled near the village of St. Thomas. He was married to Mary (4rier. She was born December 31, 1801, and died October 6, 18G2.
Issue:
1. Georijt' Gi-ier Little, was horn March 22, 1824, and died December 17, 1880.
2. Edniuiid II. Little, was Ijorn January 9, 1827, and died November 24, 1864. In the Civil War, he served in the Sixth Pennsylvania Reserves.
3. Thaddeus Stevens LitHe, was horn April 1, 1828, and died in Mississippi, Novend)er 2J3, 1895.
4. Jesse Little, was hoi-n April 9, 1832, and went to West Point, ^liss. Me was married to Rebecca Charlton.
5. Benjamin Franklin Little, was horn July 24, 1834, and died in Illinois, February 20, 1856.
(). Louisa Little, was horn A[)ril 30, 1837. She was married Septeml)ei- 21, 1852, to Josej)h Warren Seihert, son of Samuel and Allies A\'elsli ((irove) Seihert, of Cliambershur<>', Pa. Theii- children were Rarnard, horn Septendjer 13, 1856, and died Sej)tendx'r 23, 1856; Mary \ irt^inia, married Howard B. McNulty; Charles Fremont, born November 24, I860, and died July 19, 1861: Rebecca Louisa, born August 29, 1862; and Edward (t., born August 28, 1865, a physician in Wash- ington, D. C.
7. Jemima Hause Little, was born April 30, 1837, and died July 29, 1873. She was married to Lodiska Hall.
(480)
THE BARD KINSHIP 481
Susanna Little, daughter of Dr. Peter W. and Mary S. (Parker) Little, was born at Mercersburg, Pa., July 18, 1809, and died May 5, 1839. She was married December 8, 1885, to Rev. (leorge B. Por- ter, a Presbyterian minister.
Issue:
1. Cephas Little I'orter, was born June 10, 18J37, and died March 19, 187^.
JMary Parker Little, daughter of Dr. Peter \V. and Mary S. (Parker) Little, was born January 9, 1811, and died December 28, 1856. She was married March 27, 184(>, to David Zeller, who was born Feb- ruary 15, 181-2, and died March 9, 1884. He was a commission merchant at Hagerstown, Md.
Issue :
1. Mary Parker Zeller, was horn March 18, 1849, and died September 15, 1849.
2. Harrie McKeen Zeller, was horn January 14, 1851.
3. William Melville Zeller, was born December '2'2, 1852. He was married Novemher 24, 1885, to Martha Bender.
Robert Parker Little, son of Dr. Peter W. and Mary S. (Parker) Little, was born January .'Jl, 1817, and died March 17, 185(5. He was graduated at Mar- shall College, Mercersburg, Pa., in 1889. He removed to Columbus, Ohio. He was married June 5, 1849, to Cynthia D. Scarrett, of New Hampshire.
Issue :
1. William Parker Little, was horn June 5, 1850.
Louisa Catharine Little, dauohter of Dr. Peter W. and Mary S. (Parker) Little, was born August 26,
KE
482 THE BARD FAMILY
1820, and died September 10. 1863. She was married April 20, 1841, to George ^Vashington Williard. He was born June 10, 1817, and died at Dayton, Ohio, in 1 900. He was graduated at Marshall College, JVIercersburg, Pa., in 1838, and at the Reformed The- ological Seminary, in 1840.
Issue :
1. Cephas Little AVilliard, was born March 30, 1842, and died February 13, 1868. He was married November 28, 1866, to Anna M. Gibbes.
2. John Newton Williard, was born September 3, 1843. He was married December 24, 1867, to Lydia Hibble. Their children were Reuben Hershman, born June 9, 1869; Minnie, born March 6, 1871 ; Maria Louisa, born September 6, 1873; and George Washington, born February 19, 1876.
3. George Parker Williard, was born July 1, 1845. He was married February 16, 1881, to Lettie A. Stout.
4. Edward Rush Williard, was born December 25, 1852. He was married April 4, 1877, to Helen Maria Putnam, who was born June 1, 1857.
5. Mary Louisa Williard, was born January 12, 1856, and died July 17, 1856.
Benjamin Rush Little, son of Dr. Peter W. and JNIary S. (Parker) I^ittle, was born at Mercersburg, Pa., March 8, 1829, and died at the St. Charles Hotel, Keokuk, Iowa, December 7. 1857. He was graduated at Marshall College, Mercersburg, in 1847, and be- came a pliysician. He was married April 23, 1856, to Anna Mary Schley, daughter of David and Georgiana (Clem) Schley, of Frederick, Md. She was born Sep- tember 13, 1833, and died May 10, 1860. They had no children.
INDEX
A CHRONICLE OF THE BARDS
Abercorn, Earl of, 61.
Abercrummie, 21-23.
Acton, Charlotte, 31; Henry, 31.
Ailsa, Archibald, Marques of, 18, 19.
Aird, Margaret, 32.
Alexander II of Scotland, 14.
AUoway, Lord, 31.
Amedio, Count of Savoy, 3.
Anderson, Alexander, 27.
Aosta, Viscount of, 2.
Arbuthnot, Andrew, 27.
Archdeacon, Edminid, 53.
Argyll, Earl of, 94.
Armistead, Mary, 74.
Ashe, General, 17.
Aubert, 7.
Bahr, Frantz, 82; Wilhehn, 82.
Bahrt, 115.
Baikie, Janet, 16.
Baird, 1, 10, 20, 27-30, 33, 34, 47, 61, 77-79, 81, 92, 108, 135.
Bairds of Auchmedden, 11, 15, 20, 25, 26, 28, 34, 43, 80, 136; Aughtermoy, 59; Ayrshire, 27; Closeburn, 30, 31 ; Cowdam, 30, 31 ; Kilheiizie, 20, 23, 25-28, 43, 45, 1.36; Lochwood, 30; New Jersey, 83; North of Ireland, 135; Saughton Hall, 15, 16; Stich- ell and Strichen, 30; West Jersey, 90.
Baird, Aaron, 71; Absalom, 66, 67; Adam, 32 ; Agnes, 68 ; Alexander, 26, .30, 58, 71; Alicia, 18; Andrew, 58-63, 76, 83, 84, 87, 142; Ann, 88; Anna, 86; Anna Blanche, 86; Anne, 18; Annie, 85; Archibald, 28, 60; Arvilla E., 86; Avis, 84; Barzillai, 87; Bedent, 87; Benjamin, 85, 90; Carrie, 89; Catharine, 18, 58; Charles, 74, 75; Charles Augustus, 89; Charlotte, 18; Charlotte Marion, 31; David, 18-20, 68, 84, 86-89, 141, 142; Douglas, 31 ; Edmund, .34; Eleanor T., 89; Eliza, 86; Eliza- beth, 18, 63, 65, 67, 77, 78, 80, 83, 86, 88, 90; Emerson P., 89; Esther,
67; Ezekiel, 87; Francis, 68, 142; Francois, 82; Gen. Sir David, 17, 18; George, 15, 16, 26, 27, 31, 67- 69; George Alexander, 31; Gilbert, 20, 26, 27, 29, 46; Hannah, 64, 67, 79; Helen, 32; Henry Leslie, 89; Henry M., 70; Hew, 27; Howard, 89; Hugo de, 10-12, 15, 25; Isaac, 89, 138, 139; Isabella, 68; Jacob, 87; James, 16, 18, 20, 26, .30, 31, 58, 60-62, 72, 73, 75, 83, 84, 89, 91, 140, 141; James Alexander, 30; Jane, 30, 62, 68, 79, 86, 88, 108; Jane Isabella, 31; Janet, IS; Jean, 29, 58, 110; Jeannv, 86; John, 18, 20, 30, 32, 57-73, 75, 79, 84, 87-90, 136, 137, 142; John H., 89; John Lawrence, 30; John Quigley, 86; Johnne, 26, 27; Jonathan, 87, 88; Jordan, 15; Joseph, 18, 76, 78, 83,
85, 86; Leonard, 35; Lillias, 20; Lydia, 85, 88; Margaret, 58, 67, 83; Martha, 58, 59, 68, 69, 83; Martha Jane, 86; Mary, 18, .58, 69, 76, 85- 88; Mathow, 29; MoUie F., 86; Moses, 71; Obadiah, 87; Oliver, 27; Patrick, 26, 27, 79, 80; Phoebe, 87, 88; Rebecca, 62, 67, 69, 70, 71, 83,
86, 88; Rei, 88; Richard, 11, 14, 90; Robert, 11, 14, 17, IS, 28, 63, 69-71, 74, 76, 77; Robert S. Q., 86; Samuel, 69, 75, 76, 87; Sarah, 67, 71, 86-88; Sarah H. 89; Sidney, IS; Simon, 35; Sir Anthony de, 35; Sir David, 18, 19; Sir .James, 15, 16; Sir .lames Gardiner, 16, 17; Sir John, 16, 17 Sir Robert, 16, 17; Sir William 15-17 ; Spencer Fullerton, 76 ; Susan 18, 67 ; Tabitha, 86; Thomas, 26, 27, 67, 70-73, 75, 76, 78, 88, 89; Thomas Harlan, 67; Virginia C, 86; Walter, 20, 26, 27, SO; William, IS- IS, 20, 27, 30-.32, 57-60, 62, 67, 68, 76-78, 82-85, 89, 90, 108-110, 136; Willie, 89; Zebuhm, 84-86, 89;
Baird-Hav, Capt. James George, 30. Ball, John, 63.
(48.S)
484
INDEX
Bar, Lords of Lorraine, 7, 10.
Barclay, Alexander, 27.
Bard, i, 10, 25, 28, 30, 33, 47, 50, 61, 77-79, SI, 92, 108, 135.
Bards of Aosta, 6, 10; Banff, 34; Bill- erica, 104; Burlington, 92, 102, 106; Carroll's Delight, 135, 136, 142; Charlestown, 104; Ferrisburgh, 104; German origin, 115; Hainmer.sniith and Caversfiekl, 48; Lincolnshire, 35; Mavbole. 45; New England, 104; North "Koisr-v, 25, 34, 36, 43, 45, 48, 49, 51, 103; Staines, 48.
Bard, Abbie E., 114; Adam, 36, 107, 122, 130; Adrian, 38; Agnes, 38, 110; Albert, 81; AHce, 36; Alison, 38; Alpheus. 112; Amos, 132 An- drew J., 112; Ann, 37; Anne, 41, 100; Annie M., 112; Anselmo, 2, 10, 11; Archibald, 44-46. 57, 110, 137, 138; Austin, 112; Aymone, 3, 9; Barbara. 116-118, 126, 127; Bar- net, 125; Barnhart, 125, 126; Ben- jamin, 106; Benjamin F., 112; Ben- nett, 94; Benoist, 94; Bernard, 44- 46, 135; Bertram, 100; Caroline, 100; Casper. 124; Catharine, 100, 110, 116, 117, 121, 125, 126; Charles Rupert, 41 ; Charlotte. 95, 96; Chris- topher, 38. 40, 48: Cora .Julia, 105; Count Federico di, 6; Cruger, 101; Daniel, 117. 124, 126; David, 26, 46, 104, 109. 138, 141; David .lames, 109; Deborali, 106; Doffus de, 33; Duncan, 1; Edmond, 36—43; Ed- naund, 15, 34; Edward, 37, 105; Elisha, 131; Eliza, 99; Elizabeth, 12, 34, 37, 38, 41, 100. 117, 121, 124, 127; Elizabeth Greenwood, 105; Emery A., 112; Emma Hannah 106; Emma .lane, 105, Ezekiel, 131, 132; Fergus de, 1, 11, 14, 15; Fran- ces. 36. 41: Francis, 38, 127; George 36. 38, 40-42, 103, 106, 108, 116. 117. 121, 122. 126; George Ingersol, 105; George Par- ker, 105; George Philip, 121; Gil- bert, 43, 44; Guglielmo, 2; Flarmon, 112; Harriet. 96, 99; Harrison, 108; Helen. 38; Henry, 38, 41, 114-110, 122; Henry D, 113; Henry Inger- sol, 105; Herbert Barclaj', 105; Horace E , 112; Hoj^, 112"; Hugh, 107, 110; Lsaac, 137; Isabella, 37, 109; Jackson E., 112; .lacob. 122; .lacobo, 29: Jacc(ues, 82; .lames, 74,
95, 102, 106-110; Jane, 108, 112; Jane Orr, 109; Jean, 82; Jennie D , 112; Jeremiah, 132; Je.sse, 131; Joan, 37: Joel, 106; Johan Georg, 115; Johann George, 116; Johann Philip, 116; John, 1, 26, 37, 49, 78,
80, 81, 96, 98-100, 104, 108, 110, 113, 114, 117, 121, 124, 136; John Abraham, 95; John Adam, 116; John Christopher, 116; John Michael, 116: John Orr, 109; John T., HI; Jonet, 26; .losepli, 41, 106; Joshua, 108; .lulia Howard, 105; .lustus F., 123; Katharine, 141; Le\4, 122; Lillias, 44; L. L., 112; Lorraine Reed, 105; Magdalen. 37; Magdalena, 96; Marco, 3, 4, 9; Mar- garet, 38. 40, 105, 109, 112, 117, 119, 121,122;Margaretta, 106;Marie,82; 99; Mark, 131, 132; Martha, 110, Martin, 123-127; Mary, 38, 40, 85,
96, 99-101, 105, 108, 110. 118, 122, 131, 132; Mary A., Ill ; Mary Ellen, 105; Marv Ingersol, 105; Mary Martha, 93; Maximilian, 38, 40, 42, 48; Michael, 116-119, 121, 130-132; Nancv, 97, 105. 107, 108; Nathan- iel, 40, 42; Nicholas, 1, 100; Nick- laus, 127, 128; Olivia, 44, 45; Pat- rick, 80, 81; Patterson, 114; Per- siana, 40-42; Peter, 85, 93-96, 98, 99, 101-103, 125; Peter Benoist, 92, 93; Rainero, 3, 10, 14; Ralph, 13, 36, 37; Rebecca, 40, 49, 101; Ri- cardo de, 29; Richard, 14, 29, 37, 38, 44-46, 48, 49, 57, 110, 113, 136-138; Robert, 12, 13, 27, 28, 34, 36-38, 48, 103. 110; Robert Jenny, 95; Robert M., 112; Ros- setto", 3, 10, 14; Samuel, 40, 95, 96, 98-100, 107, 109-114, 122, 123, 131; Samuel F., 106; Samuel M., 109: Sarah, 40, 96, 105, 118; Sarah Frances, 40; Scvilla, 125-127; Sim- eon Ingersol, 104; Simon, 38; Sir Alexander de, 29; Stephen, 126; Susan, 37, 100; Susanna, 97, 99, 130-132; Susanna Catharine, 116; Thomas, 26, 36-38, 40, 74, 103, 106, 108, 110, 113, 114; Thomas Orr, 109; L'gone di, 2, 8, 10-12, 14; Ugone II, 2; Ursula, 105; Warren, 105; Wedo, 26; Willbert, 112; William, 13, 26, 29, 36-38, 40, 46,
81, 85, 95, 96, 99, 100, 102, 106- 108, 110, 112-114, 117, 137, 138;
INDEX
485
William B, 112; William Honry, 100; William Strong, 109; William Webster, 10.5; Zacharias, 116; Ze- bedee, 106; Zelmvra, 112.
Barde, 1, 10, 28, 29, 33-35, 50.
Barde, Alexander, 26; Ann, 133; Bar- tholomew de, 33; Bos de la, 35; Gil- bert, 23, 25, 43, 45; Henry de, 10, 11 ; Isabello, 81 ; Joan, 35; ."folm, 23, 24 ; John Louis, 133 ; Magistratus de, 11; Nicholas. 35; Oliver, 23-25, 44; Patrick, 80, 81 ; Robert, 23, 25, 80, 81; Samuel, 133; Seigneur de, 10, 11. 35; Thomas, 81; Walter de, 35; William, 23, 50-52, 55, 56.
Bar den, 10.
Bardin, 10.
Barding, 10.
Bardt, 115, 125.
Bardt, Micliael, 130.
Bargany, Laird of, 23-25.
Barr, Ann, 119.
Barrington, EUinor, 54, 55; .lolm, 54.
Barriod, 7.
Bart, 115.
Bart, Dorothea, 129, 130; Ja<-nb, 123, 129, 130.
Barten, 10.
Barth, 115.
Bartli, Frantz Ludwig, 123; .Jacob, 123; Johannes, 115; .lohn .lacob, 123; Marti:i, 123, 125; Zaohanas, 115.
Barton, 10.
Bartz, Jennie D., 112; U. S., 112.
Balem, Richartl, 37.
Bazeros, 7.
Bear, Magdalcna, 121.
Beard, 1, 10, 33, 47, 50, 01, 78, 79, 81, 92, 108, 135.
Beard, Aaron, 104; Agnes, 53; Alex- ander, 56, 78; Amos, 132; .\inos H., 132; Andrew, 63; Ann, 78; Archi- bald, 13.5-14] ; Arthur, .55; Cathar- ine, .56; Clora, 128; David, 129, 1.39- 141; Dorcas, 55; Elizabeth, 78; Ellinor, 139; Esther, 104; Freder- ick, 128, 129; George, 78, 129; Henry, 132;. lacob, 128; James. 140, 141; Jane, 78, 79, 139; Jeremiali, 132; Jeremv, 104; John, 57, 61-63, 76, 127, 128, 136, 1.39-141; Jona- than, 125; Joseph, 83, 104; Judith, .56, 79; Katharine, 89-91 ; Lewis, .50; Magdalena. 129; Margaret, 49, 129; Matthew, 50; Michael, 128; Moses,
63; Nicholas, 128; Philip, 54, 55;
Rachel, 49; Rebecca. 62, 76, 79;
Richard, 49, 50, 55, 56, 136; Robert,
48, 49, 62, 63, 78, 79, 140; Rose, 53;
Samuel, 128; Sarali. 7>;; Thomas,
51-54, 104; William, .50. 51, 53-56,
89-91, 104, 1.39-141. Beason, Richard, 37. Becker. Peter. 118. Belclier, Annie, 100. Bell, Francis, 78. Bellamont, Viscount, 38, 40-42. Berd, John, 57, 61. Berdan, 10. Berdon, 10. Berryhill, William, 69. Biggar, Waldevus de, 14. Bilyeu, Eleanor T., 88, 89; Peter, 88. Bingham, William S., 111. Bisset, Patrick, 26. Blantyre, Lord Charles, 19. Blennerhassett, Francis, 55, 136;
Leonanl, .55; Robert, .55; Sir Ed-
mimd, .5.5; Thomas, .5.5. Board, Peter, 81 ; William, SI. Boiarilo, 1. Bole, Isaac, 110. Bowlsby, Elizabetli, 01; George, 91;
John^ 91; Richard, 91; Thomas, 91. Boyles, Samuel, 81. Bradshaw, .lohn, .54. Breckenridge, .lames, 109; Martha,
109. Brooke, John, 133; Matthew, 133. Brown, George, 67; .lacob Hay, 118;
James A.. 118; Martha, 85, 86;
Susanna, 67. Bruce, King R<ibert, 28, 29. Buckey, Ann M., 120; .lacob, 120;
Sarah, 120. liuffon, 8.
l^U(jnaparte, Najioleon, .5. liurdett, William, .55. Burnet, Susanna, 71. Butler, .50. Butler, .lane, .52, 55.
Calderwood, James, 74.
Calvin, John, 101.
Campbell, ArchibaUl, 94: Cliarles, 94; Colin, 93, 94; Hugii, 67, 94; Jane, 94; .Tolui, 94; John Gardner, 119; Mary, 94; Mary Ann. 94; Preston, 18; Rebecca, 94; Sarah, 94; Will- iam, 93.
Carr, Jolm, 129.
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INDEX
Carroll, Arthur, 63; William, 140.
Case, Emerson J., 120.
Cassilis, Earl of, 21, 22, 24, 29.
Castlehaven, Lord, 5.3.
Catheart, Elias, 31.
Cawdor, Earl, 94.
Cerjat, Lieut. Col. H., 18.
Chambers, Benjamin, 72.
Champagne, John, 78.
Charles I, 16, 39, 41, 52.
Charles 11.41.
Clarence, Thomas, Duke of, 35.
Clark, 38.
Clark, David, 67.
Clevenstine, Henry, 132.
Clugston, John, 69; Robert, 69.
Clymer, Hiester, 133.
Code, Tliomas, 37.
Cole, Viscount, 31.
Colin, Abbot of Crosraguel, 29.
Conipton, Sarah, 87.
Cormont, Ann, 78.
Cornwall, Earl of, 34.
Corrie, George, 28; John. 27, 28.
Corrv, Marv, 56; Robert, 56.
Cox,'Abbie E., 114.
Crawford, Margaret, 23.
Creighton, James, 139.
Crocket, David, 115.
Crosby, Dorcas, 54; Patrick, 51, 52
Richard, 54. Cross, Isabella, 111. Crowar, Jane, 81.
Crugor, Catharine, 100; Nicholas, 100. Cumberland, Duke of, 42.
Dalrymple, 29.
Danner, Sarah, 118.
Da-^-is, W. H , 118.
Dearth, Elizabeth, 71.
Deboise, Catharine, 91.
Delafield. Rufus K., 100.
Desmond, Earl of, 5.5.
Diamond, Elizabeth, 79.
Dick, Christian, 127.
Dietrick, Philip. 120.
Dik, John, 27.
Dillon, Arthur, 85.
Dorey, Richard, 86.
Doudle, Michael, 117.
Douglas, Earl of, 15; Lord Archibald,
14; Sir William, 13. Douglass, Mary, 72-75, 76. Dren, John, 141. Drummond, Sir John, .57. Dudley, John, 38; Susan, 38, 41.
Duff, Mary, 93. Duncan, Augustus, 72, 73. Dunn, William, 85. Dupont, John, 35. Durbarrow, Margaret, 77. Dye, 87.
Early, John, 108.
Eber'ly, Peter, 72.
Edward I, 1.
Edward II, 28, 33-35.
Edwards, Mary, 88.
Ege, Michael, 118.
Egle, William Henry, 135.
Eichelberger, Jacob, 118; Michael, 118.
Eisenman, Dorothea, 129; Michael,
129; Peter, 130. Elizabeth, Queen of England, 50, 51. Ellicot, Anne, 78. Ely, Rebecca, 88. Eocha, 10. Erskine, John, 18. Ewell, Benjamin P., 120. Eyster, Christian, 118.
Farewell, A., 86. Farmer, Robert, 1.33. Ferguson, Gilbert, 27. Findlay, John, 30; Margaret, 30. Fisher, John, 78. Fitsiinmons, James, 78. Fitzgerald, Pierce, 53. Fleming, William, 14. Flemyng, Agneto, 26. Fogliato, Duke of, 5. Ford, William, 116. Francois, Jacques, 81. Frantz, Eva Juliana, 123, 124. Frazer, Colin, 94; William, 94. Frutas, F. G., 4.
Gallaher, Hannah, 71.
Gardiner, Frances, 16; James, 16.
Gardner, Lydia, 119; Philip, 119;
Sarah, 119. Gardonet, Henrietta Elizabeth, 101. Gardyner, Anne, 41; Sir William, 41. Gartschoir, Margaret, 80. Gaston, Lydia, 88. Gave, David, 19. Gaveston, Pierce, 34. Geicght, Earl of, 27. Gemelyng, John de, 13. Genning, Israel, 90. George, Dorotliea, 117-11'.*. Gerber, Henrv, 121.
INDEX
487
Gerrier, Henry, lOS.
Getz, John, 120.
Giacosa, Guiseppe, 4, 9.
Gian Guiseppe, Fillippo Agostino di,
6. Gibb, Hugh, 73. Gibson, EUzabeth, 16; S,ir Alexander,
16. Gilby, Margaret, 36, 37. Ginnens, Israel, 90. Glass, Mary, 131, 132. Glenn, Catharine, 110. Godon, George, Esq., 18. Gordon, John, 27.
Gottofriedo, Viscount of Aosta, 2. Grant, William, 66. Gray, Elizabeth, 16; Thomas, Esq.,
16. Grazebrook, Elizabeth, 37; Rowland,
37. Grover, Mary, 98. Grubb, Casper, 124; Susaima, 124. Grymmesby, Abbot of, 33. Guttery, James, 56.
Haddo, George, Lord, 18.
Hahn, Daniel, 122; Frances, 122.
Haldeman, Catherine, 129.
Hall, Mary, 84, 87, 89.
Haller, Theodore M., 120.
Hamilton, 14.
Hamilton, Alfred J., 108; Henderson,
108; Hester A., 108; James, 61;
John, 58; Margaret, 108; Martha,
108; Robert, 108. Hansard, Eleanor, .36, 37; Sir Rich- ard, 36. Harcourt, Henrv, Ilsci., 40; Richartl
Bard, 40. Harford, Constance Emilia, 30; .lohn
Battersby, 30. Hartpole, Ellen, 54; Robert, 54. Hartzell, Samuel, 8{). Harvey, Charles, 103. Hatrick, Samuel, 79. Hatton, Capt. Villiers Francis, 31 ;
Cecilia, 31. Hawke, Jacob, 132. Hay, Caroline, 118; Henry, 118;
Jacob, 118; James, 31; .lol'm, 118;
Isabella Agnew, 31; Lucv, 118;
Mary E., 118; Sarah, 118; William,
118. Hay ward, Hannah, 104. Hendricks, Eli, 120; .lohn, 12(1; Maria,
120.
Henrv IV, 35.
Henrv VI, 35.
Hill, William, 115.
Hippie, Kate E., 133,
Hodge, William, 67.
Hulit, Jane, 89.
Hunt, Jane Frances, 97; John E., 88;
.Joseph, 97. Huyette, Henry, 132.
Ingersol, Mary, 104. Innes, Cosmo, 1.
Jacobs, George, 120; Margaret J., 120; Oliver Perrv, 12(J; Theodore, 120.
James I, 20, 57.
James II, 62.
James IV, 23.
James V, 23.
Jamison, Robert, 79.
John, King of England, 12.
Johnston, Alicia, 17, 18; Henrietta, 17; .lohn Taylor, 100; Margaret Taylor, 100; Sir William, 15; Wvnne, 17.
Johnstone, David, 99; .lohn, 99; Mar- garet, 99; Susanna, '.)'.).
Joland, 37.
Juxon, John, 103; Thomas, 103; Wil- liam, 103; Willie, 103.
Kelley, Barbara, 129; Thomas, 108.
Kemp, Lewis G., 120.
Kennedy, Alexander, 25, 46; Archi- bald, 18; Arthour, 28; Elizabeth, 23; Gilbert, 27; Hugh, 24, 27; .John, 27, 28; Katharine, 23; Lady Anne, 18; Margaret, 44; Sir Thomas, 24; Walter, 27.
Kerr, James W., 120.
Kieffer, Ephraim, 119.
Kilgore, Charles, 74; l)a\'i(l, 67; E.sther, 74; Jane, 74.
Kroan, Elizabeth, 117.
Kurtz, DaA'id, 122.
Lacy, Sir Anthony, 13.
Lancaster, Earl of, 34; Thomas of, 35.
Lauderdale, Earl of, 14.
Lebkecher, David, 121.
Lee, Margaret Le, 38.
Leisser, George, 127.
Lermont, Robert, 27.
Lindsay, Christine, 23.
Lisburn, Lord, 54.
Littell, George, 141.
488
INDEX
Livingston, William, Lord, 26.
Locard, Synion, 32.
Lockhart, Charlotte, 31; Malcolm, 14;
Robert, 31. Loftus, Adam, 54; Anne, 54; Thoma.s,
54. Lum, Mary, 129.
Mac-an-Bhaiixl, Owen, 10.
MaeFirbis, 10.
MacWard, 10.
Mc Arthur, Margaret, 111.
McBride, James, 109.
McCabe, Sarah, 45.
MeCall, p:iizabeth, 78.
McCarroll, Arthur, 63.
McClean, Catharine, 66, 67.
McClennan, Catharine, 78.
McCurdy, Colin K., 119.
McDowell, James, 45; Jane, 45; John
R., 120; Martha, 45. McFall, Agnes, 68; Brise, 68. McGee, Phelemy, 141. McGliea, George, 62. Mcllvain, Caroline, 120; John, 120;
William, 120. Mcllvans, Patrick, 27. Mclntyre, John, 129. McVickar, Ann, 99; Eliza, 99; John,
99; William Augustus, 99. Machey, George, 62. Mahon, Thaddeus M. 72. Maitland, William de, 14. Mantz, Cliarles, 120. March, Earl of, 34. Marmion, Dinah, 93-96, 101, 102;
Henry, 140; Samuel, 93. Marmont, 5. Martin, Jane, 108, 109. Mary, Queen of Scots, 23. Meakin, Elizabeth, 49; Robert, 49;
William, 49. Mercer, Hugh, 66. Methele, Margaret de, 35; Robert de,
35. Middleton, Ellen, 36; Thomas, 36,
108. Miller, Jacob, 86, 123; George, 120;
L. Alice, 123; Lydia, 71; WiUiam Moffat, Jane, 30. [R., 120.
Monferrato, Bonafacio di, 2. Montbard, Counts of, 8-10. Moore, Ann, 99; Sir John, 17. Morgan, Hannah, 108; Josliua, 108;
Mary, 107. Morris, Arthur B., 101.
Morse, Lucinda Stowe, 105. Morton, Mari Roger de, 34. Mowrey, Joshua, 124. Muirson, George, 96. Murray, Alexander, 27. Mussenden, Ellen, 36; John, 36.
Newbvth, Lord, 16.
Newlands, Isabelle, 80, 81.
Nicola, Count Giacoma, 6.
Nisbet, 28.
Noell, Sir Martin, 53.
Norfolk, Thomas, Earl of, 34.
Normandie, Andre de, 101 ; Guil- laume de, 101; Henrietta Eliza- beth, 101 ; Jean de, 101 ; John Abram de, 101; Joseph de, 101; Laurent de, 101; Marie de, 95, 99; Mary de, 85, 101; Michael de, 101; Rebecca de, 101.
O'Bairdain, 10.
(J'Hara, George, 90; James, 90; Mar- garet, 90.
O'Hart, Dr. John, 10.
O'Niel, Owen Roe, 53.
Ogborne, Maria, 88.
Oltimo, 2.
Orr, Margaret, 109; Martha, 109; Thomas, 109.
(Jsney, Richard, 37.
Palk, Annette Maria, 30; Sir Lawr- ence, 30.
Parker, Bernard, 44; Elizabeth, 93; Jerusha Gould, 105; Olivia, 44, 45.
Patterson, Samuel, 119.
Pembroke, Earl of, 34.
Pendleton, Anne, 97 ; Elliott Hunt, 97 ; George Hunt, 97; James, 97; Mary, 97; Nathaniel, 97; Nathaniel Greene, 97; Susanna, 97.
Pepperraan, .loseph, 86.
Perceval, Dorcas, 54.
Perrin, David, 88.
Pierce, Col., 97.
Poe, 50.
Poe, Catharine, 110.
Pollock, James, 58.
Polsagh, Olivia, 44.
Pope, John, 82.
Porter, Ursula, 105.
Potter, James, 72, 73; John, 73; Mary, 73.
Potts, Rebecca, 76; Thomas, 75, 76.
Prentice, .lolm, 66.
INDEX
489
Prime, Ediiuind, 100.
Piillen, Isaac, 89; Mary E., 89.
Purdcn, Jane, 54.
Purdon, 10.
Pyewell, Deborah, 76.
Quigley, John, 86, 109; Tabitha, 86. Quinton, Abbot of Crosragiiel, 29.
Raine, James, Esq., 18. Ramage, .lames, 79. Reeves, EHzabeth, 71. Reichart, Barnard, 116. Reside, Sarah, 78. Richard I, 11, 12. Richard II, ,35. Richards, WiUiam, 79. Ricksecker, Peter, 116. Ricquart, Rebecca, 82. Riddle, James, 72, 73. Riley, Margaret, 85. Ritter, Magdalena, 119. Riversdale, Wilham, Baron of, 18. Robinnet, Samuel, 79. Robinson, Sanuiel, 44. Roche, William, 36. Ros, Gilbert, 27; Oliver, 27. Ross, Elizabeth, 90; John, 90. Ros.siter, Elizabeth, 37. Rutherford, Jane, 107.
Sandys, Fertlinand, 100.
Sarriod d' In trod, 4, 9.
Sarriod de la Tour, 4, 9.
Sarriod, Domina Leonardo, 4; Gugli- elmo, 4.
Savoy, Duke of, 5.
Savoya, Tomasso di, 5.
Schaw, John, 28.
Schmeiser, Peter, 118.
Schober, A. B., 122.
Schreiner, Henry, 122.
Seacrist, Isaac, 108.
Searles, John, 132; Rebecca, 132.
Segrave, Anne, 53; Patrick, 53: Wal- ter, .53.
Sellers, Jacob, 108.
Seymour, Horatio, 111.
Sharpe, Rev. ,Iohn, 103.
Sheerman, Francis, 103.
Shields, John, 73.
Shindlc, Caroline, 122.
Shoeinaker, Emma Hannah, 106.
Shultz, Anna Maria, 106; Joim, 106; Sarah, 106.
Sidney, Sir Henry, 50.
Simson, William, 82
Siter, Elizabeth, 129.
Smith, Anna, 89; Sarah, 78.
Smyser, Sarah, 119.
Sodhan, 10.
Somerville, Lord, 29; Sir Thomas, 29.
Spangler, Alexander, 119; Anna Mary, 119; Balser, 119; Barr, 119; Ed- ward, 120; Eleanor, 119; Elizabeth, 119; Frances, 119; Hamilton G., 119; Hans Rudolf, 120; James, 119; Jane, 119; John, 118-121; Julian, 119; Juliana, 120; Leander, 120; Loviisa M., 119; Lucy, 120; Maria, 120; Maria Margaret, 120; Martin, 119; Rebecca, 120; Sarah, 119; Sarah Margaret, 119; Theodore, 120; Wilham, 119; William A., 119; William Nathan, 120; Zacha- riah, 119.
Sjirogel, John Henry, 130; Susanna, 130.
Stapleton, A., 82.
Sterrett, S. P., 119.
Steward, Hannah, 65; John, 65.
Stirling, John, 81.
Stoever, Johan Casper, 11.5.
Stork, Hannah, 108.
Stouffer, Abraham, 72.
Strafford, Earl of, 52.
Strange, John, 40; Margaret, .39; Sarah, 39.
Strathern, Earl of, 29.
Stuart, Sir Alexander, 29.
Stuck, George, 122 ; Leah, 122, 123.
Sussex, Earl of, 51.
Sweeting, Elizabeth, 78.
Swope, Catharine, 121; Elizabeth, 121; Henry, 121.
Thomas, the Rhymer, 12.
Thompson. S. F., 112.
Tilden, Samuel J., 111.
Tomaso I, 2.
Tonson, Esther Charlotte, 18.
Trowsdale, John, 36.
Tyler, Catharine, 74, 75; John, 74.
Tyndail, Margaret, 80.
ITnger, George, 127. Upi), George, 120.
Valleau, Mary, 95; Susanna, 96, 98.
Vandomo, L)uke of, 5.
Van Note, Dolly, 106; Dorothy, 106.
490
INDEX
Verdon, 10.
Villiers, Frederick Ernest, 31.
Walker, Susanna, 79.
Wallace, Samuel, 79; Sir William, 15.
Walton, Margaret, 99.
Ward, 10.
Wardin, 10.
Warren, Elizabeth, 132.
Warwick, Earl of, 34.
Watts, Anne, 19; John, Esq., 19.
W^auchope, Capt. Andrew, 18.
Webb, Mary, 118.
Webster, Benijah, 105; Esther, 105;
Mary Jane, 105. Weigle, Margaret, 128. Welsh, Michael, 119.
Wheeler, Dorcas, 54; John, 50; Jonah 54.
White, Andrew, 86.
Wicklein, Jacob, 132.
Wigton, Earl of, 14.
William, the Conqueror, 10, 35, 36.
WiUiam the Lion, 10-12, 15, 25.
Wilson, James, 139; William, 73.
Wilsoun, Johnne, 27.
Winsley, Thomas, 58.
Wolff, 'Adam, 118; Ann, 118; Bar bara, 118; Catharine, 117, 118 Dorothea, 118; Ehzabeth, 117 George H., 118; Margaret, 118 Peter, 117, 118; William W., 118
Yardley, Sibilla, 37.
BARDS OF "CARROLL'S DELIGHT'
Abbott, Rachel, 165, 175.
Abell, William Irving, 272.
Ackley, John Bolton, 222.
Adams, Celia, 295; Martha, 268; Mary
Jane, 289. Agnew, David, 209. Alexander, Hezekiah, 190. Allison, John, 189. Alricks, Ann, 249; Hermanus, 249. Anderson, Oliver, 221. Antes, Susanna, 287, 289. Anthony, Henrietta, 288. Archaimbaud, 248. Armstrong, Alexander C, 218; James
M., 218; John, 155. Atherton, Ira, 214. Aughey, John, 236.
Bagust, Agnes, 257.
Baird, 144, 157.
Baird, Alexander, 143; Archibald, 152;
Da%ad, 143, 276; George, 194;
James, 157; Janet, 143; John, 194;
Richard, 152, 153, 180; William,
143, 154. Baker, John, 239. Baltimore, Lonl, 146. Bard, 144, 146. 157. Bard, Adele Douglas, 290; Agnes Car-
.son, 225, 249; Albert Marius, 2.59;
Alice Loui.se, 293; Amantha S., 271 ;
Andrew Melville, 224, 248; Anna
Greenwell, 256; Archibald, 157, 1.59,
187, 188, 196, 200, 203, 207, 210,
211, 221, 2.33, 263, 273; Archibald
Philip, 256; Bernard, 145; Beryl Beatrice, 255; Catharine, 192, 193,
199, 200, 205, 206, 209, 213, 214, 219, 281, 286; Catharine Elizabeth, 287, 294; Catharine Poe, 282; Cep- has Little, 230, 2.56-2.59; Charles, 271; Charles D., 296; Charles Fred- erick, 293; Charles Harlan, 260; Clinton, 271; Cora E., 295; Cynthia A., 269; David, 157, 158, 195, 203, 265, 267, 268, 273-282; David A., 296; David Humphrey, 221, 242; Diemer, 281, 283; Douglas, 290, 296; Ebenezer, 267-269; Elizabeth,
200, 211, 234, 290; Elizabeth John- ston, 206, 221; Elizabeth Parker, 2.56; Elizabeth Susan, 269; Eliza Catharine, 211; Eliza Jane, 207, 282, 291; Ellen Jane, 233, 260; Elliot, 225, 247; Eva Morehead, 248; Fannie, 233; Fannie Lee, 239, 290; Frances Elizabeth, 260; Fran- ces Gene\'ieve, 293; Francis, 296; Georgetta, 233; Grace D., 296; Harrison, 282, 289; Harry Dorsey, 288 ; Henrv Clav, 270, 272 ; Honora Foley, 288, 294; Isaac, 199, 200] 201, '206, 221, 267, 269; James, 195, 267-269, 282; James Donald, 294; .James Frazier, 248; James H., 271; James Johnston, 206; James Wil- liam, 225, 246; Jane, 192, 209; Jennie, 234; Jennie McFarland, 231 ; John, 200, 211, 232, 289, 295; John D., 282; .John Edwin, 231; John
INDEX
491
Livingston, 290; John Patton, 287, 293; Joseph, 269; Joseph R., 294; Kate, 233; Katharine Virginia, 294; Lafayette, 270; Levi, 260; Lilhan, 272; LiUie Jane, 225, 249; Lilhe Moore, 260; Lottie EHza, 242; Lou- isa Jane, 230; Lowrey, 283; Lulu R., 296; Lutlier, 270;' Mabel, 296; Margaret, 200, 206, 220, 268; Mar- garet Carson, 248; Maria, 206, 218; Maria Jane, 287, 294; Maria Lou- isa, 231; Martha, 186, 200, 214, 270; Martha A., 268; Martha Oli- via, 207; Mary, 200, 202, 281-283; Mary Agnes, 221 ; Mary Blanche, 259;" Mary E., 268, 271; Mary Emma, 225, 248; Mary Frances, 287; Mary Louise, 255; Mary Mc- Dowell, 242; Marv Parker," 230; Mary Talbot, 26o"; Mary Wilkin- son, 233; Mattie Homes, 233; Mel- ville, 225; Mildred Gentry, 260; Nancy. 269; Nannie Beck, 288, 295; Nellie Rowana, 242; Oliver Bar- bour, 211; OUvia, 200, 208; Pansy G., 296; Phoebe Annetta, 291; Rachel, 281, 285; Ralph W., 296; Richard, 143, 145, 152-157, 159- 200, 203, 205, 206, 209, 211, 223, 225, 239, 248, 256, 263, 281, 282, 290; Richard Alexander, 232; Rich- ard Irwin, 291 ; Richard James, 287 ; Richard Morgan, 293; Richard R., 296; Robert, 255; Robert McFar- land, 211, 226-230, 232; Robert Washington, 224; Rowana Hum- phrey, 221; Samuel, 271; Sarali, 281 ; Sarah Jane, 289; Sarah Rogers, 269; Sophia McLaren, 225, 250; Sue Ella, 293; Susan Emma, 231; Susanna, 287; Thomas, 192, 193, 199, 200, 205, 209, 210, 217; Thomas Carson, 224; Thomas Gerberding, 256; Thomas Henderson, 248; Thomas Poe, 211, 230; Thomas Robert, 230, 251-255, 257, 259; Verona, 270; V. R., 296; Westanna, 287; WiUiam, 155, 157, 158, 188, 194, 195, 200, 231, 263-267, 269, 271, 273, 282, 287; William Beatty, 206; William Evans, 232, 259, 260; William Fuller, 242; William Henry, 269; William Irwin, 287, 294; Wil- liam Walter, 294; William Waters, 268, 271; Zilpah Helen, 291. Barde, 144.
Barnes, John, 294.
Bartlett, W. L., 221.
Bates, Elizabeth, 256.
Baumeister. Charles F., 297; Max, 297.
Beard, 144, 157.
Beard, Archibald, 143-146, 148, 149,
152-157, 159, 263, 273; David, 143;
Richard, 155, 179, 180; William,
143. Beatty, Elizabeth, 206; Henry, 207;
William, 206, 207. Beeler, ChristoiJher, 269; Margaret,
269. Herd, 144.
Bernard, Albina Frances, 272. Berry, Abel Sherman, 297; A. P., 297. Bevington, Florence, 245. Bewlev, Sir Edmund, T. 144. Biard," 144. Bierd, 144.
Bind.sly, Mary Ann, 243. Blair, Andrew, 290; Walter A., 290. Blazer, Ada, 237.
Boggs, Alexander, 248, 249; Alex- ander L., 225, 248; Andrew, 249;
Ann, 249; Clara Louise, 248. Bolen, Dollie, 296. Bowers, Samuel E., 244. Boyd, Hiram Elmer, 244. Boyles, Edna Percy, 298. Braxdale, John, 267; John Basil, 267;
Mary Kincaid, 267. Brenard, Martha, 208. Brobst, John Valentine, 222; Mary
E., 222. Brown, Cornet, 208; Elizabeth, 207;
Enoch, 188, 191. Browne, Dewitt Clinton, 260. Buchanan, Anna, 285; Catharine, 286;
David, 285; Eliza, 285; George,
285, 286; James, 292; Jane, 292;
John, 285, 292; John E., 280, 281,
285, 286; Joseph, 292; Mary, 285;
Matthew, 286; Rachel, 286;" Sarah,
285. Buckingham, Margaret, 237.
Campbell, Ann, 214, 215; David Bard, 292; Eliza, 235; Esther, 291, 296; Harrison Bard, 292; John, 291, 292; Martha Jane, 291, 298; Mary Catharine, 291, 297; Stewart M., 282, 291.
Canan, Henry, 285.
CarnjU, Charles, 14".l, 151, 152; Daniel, 146, 148, 151.
492
INDEX
Carson, David, 225; Eliza Jane, 224;
James O., 225; Thomas, 224, 225. Cellar, George Carson, 221. Cliambers, George, 226; James, 276;
Mary, 231 ; Rowland, 231. Chestnut, Benjamin, 213. Clark, Frank, W. 243; James, 221;
James D., 246; Mary, 246; Nancy,
221. Clemons, Adeline M., 271. Cochran, Jean, 210. Cody, William, 292. Coleman, Archibald M., 236. Coulter, Rev. John, 150. Cowan, Hugh, 231 ; Matilda Van Lear,
231. Craig, Robert Getty, 292. Crawford, Armstrong, 2S5; l^dward,
196; Thomas Hartley, 156. Crobarger, Leonard, 198. Cnlbertson, Alexander, 168; Ferdi- nand, 219; Lavinia, 219; Nancy
P., 219; Samuel D., 219. Cummins, Charles, 213. Cunes, Alexander, 289; Catharine
M., 289. Cunningliam, Samuel Robert, 245.
Darragh, Archibakl Bard, 219; Frank- lin, 206, 219; George, 219.
Davis, Benjamin, 288; .lane, 288; Joseph, 288.
Dean, Robert, 285; William, 199.
Deard, William, 152.
Dickinson, Harriet, 297.
Diemer, Elizabeth, 203, 281.
Drake, Estlicr E., 291, 296; Francis E., 297.
Drew, Margaret, 143.
Dugdale, William, 231.
Dulin, Charles M., 293.
Dunlap, Andrew, 2(J3; Anna, G., 240; Annie V., 239; Archibald Bard, 217, 240; Clara A., 239; Elizabeth Bard, 203, 282; Elizabeth Violetta, 216; Ella J., 239; Irwin C, 240; James, 156, 200, 202, 216, 282; James McDowell, 239; James Potter, 216; Joseph Irwin, 290; Jennie M., 240; •John, 202, 290; John Archibald, 239; John William, 216; Joseph, 156, 202, 203, 210; Josepli Irwin, 216, 239; Margaret, 216; Margaret, Jane, 217; Martha, 290; Mary, 239, 282; Mary E., 240; Mary Margaretta 216; Mary Poe, 203, 217; Richard,
203; Richard Thomas, 216; Robert McDowell, 216; Thomas McDowell, 240.
Dunwoody, Hugh, 153.
Durrett, Reuben T., 195, 266.
Edie, Elliot Bard, 250; Margaret, 284; Marv Carson, 250; William A., 225, 350;" William Woodburn, 250.
Edwarils, Roger Gaythorne, 256.
Egle, William Henry, 145.
Erwin, Alexander, 220; Alice, 246; Anna May, 244; Catharine Poe, 208; Charles Shannon, 244; Ed- ward E. B., 245; Elizabeth Maria, 244; Ellen Whalley, 243; Frank Howard, 245; Henry Bard, 244; James, 200, 208, 209"; James Bard, 209, 222, 223, 243; Jane, 199, 200; Jane Emilv, 244; Jane Mary, 223; .lane Tracy, 245; Jay Clyde, 246; John, 208," 209; John Dickson, 244; John Richard, 223; Joseph, 209; Katharine, 223; Katharine Bruce, 244; Louise Wilson, 245; Martha W., 208, 222; Mary, 208, 220, 242; Marv Belle, 245; Minnie Bell, 244; Olivia, 199; Olivia Bard, 209, 222; Robert McElwaine, 223, 244, 245; Russell C, 246; Sarah Belle, 223; Scott Ward, 245; Thomas McEl- waine, 223, 245; Walter Tracy, 245; William Kingsley, 245.
Escalais, 248.
Evans, Jeremiah, 232, 233; Mary Poe, 232; Racliel, 232, 233; Richard, 233.
Eveland, Harmon, 237 ; Ida, 237 ; James, Turner, 237.
Falls, Rachel, 248.
l-aulkner, George, 283.
l-'aure, Elie F. G. H., 248; Gustave
M. B., 248. Ferrick, Frederick, 159, 180. Findlav, Elizabetli, 207; James, 201,
208;" John, 201, 208, 210; Samuel,
201, 208; William, 201, 208. Findley, Margaret, 283. Finlev, Ebenezer, 152, 263; William,
153. Folev, Honora Jane, 289; William
C.; 289. Fowler, Arthur Norris, 295; Chester
Patton, 295; Edward Clare, 295;
Frances, 295; Frank, 288, 294;
INDEX
493
James, 295; James Munroe, 294;
Joseph Irvin, 295; Nora Catharine
295; Susan E., 294; Walter Monroe,
295; Wilham Bard, 295. Frazier, James, 247; Margaret, 24S;
Mary M., 247. Frederickson, Walter E., 29S. Fuller, Abner M., 207.
Garton, Mareellus, 233.
Geisseheiner, Charles A., 243.
Gerberding, Albert, 256 ; Annie Ken- dall, 257; Christian (Itto, 255, 256, 259; Clara Winter, 256, 259; Edwin Otto, 257; Frederick William, 256; Mary Beatrice, 255, 257; Mary J., 255,"256, 259.
Gill, David, 284.
Gillan, Charles, 218; James, 218, 242; Rebecca Jane, 242; Sarah J., 21S,
Gilmor, John, 213.
Gilson, William, 149.
Glass, Fannie, 243.
Glikhickan, 165, 174.
Gourley, John, 285.
Grady, David, 243; i:iisha, 244; Elizabeth Deborah, 243.
Graeff, Katharine, 245.
Greer, Susan, 248.
Gregg, Andrew, 275.
Gregor, Helen C. Mar, 261.
Groff, Frederick, 296.
Grubb, Martha E., 239
Hagerty, Nancy, 285.
Hains, Al., 216!
Hamilton, A. Boyd, 146; Hance, 154;
Hans, 153; Isabella Potter, 146;
James, 154, 204; John, 143, 153. Harper, John, 151 ; Robert, 189. Harris, John, 288; Mary, 288. Heckewelder, 164. Hempson, Mary J., 255, 256, 259. Henry, Margaret, 290. Hill, "Alice, 237; F^mma, 237; John,
198. Hoch, Gideon, 193, 210. Hoge, David, 150; Eliza, 150. Hollowell. Martha, 270. Holmes, Mary, 220. Houston, Annie, 241. Huber, Benjamin F., 218. Hughes, Daniel, 155; Samuel, 154,
156, 157; William T., 243. Humphrey, David, 221 ; Jane, 221 ;
Rowana, 221,
Hunter, George, 237; Samuel, 161,
169, 180, 181 Hutchison, Rev. John, 150. Hyatt, Harry E., 260.
Ingraham, Eliza A., 240.
Irvin, Bessie, 294; Elias, 287; Ellis, 294; Francis Carroll, 294; Hannah, 287, 294; John, 294; Joseph Bard, 294; Joseph R., 287, 294; William Ellis, 294.
Irwin, Elizabeth, 216; George, 236.
Isbell, Anna, 260.
Jenkins, Alice, 245.
.Johnson, Anna Cochran, 248; Char- lotte, 218.
Jolmston, Charles, 237 ; James, 207 ; James H., 241, 242; James McDow- ell, 241; Maggie, 241; Mary, 206, 241; Nancy, 241; Nannie, 241; Samuel H.," 220, 241; S. Houston, 193, 210; Thomas, 241.
Jones, Mattie Davis, 271.
Jordan, .lohn Morton, 152.
Junkin, D. X., 274, 279.
Kennedy, Martha, 149.
Kincaid, Joseph, 267; Marv, 267.
King, Agnes, 224, 226; Charles, 293;
George, 226; James, 256; John, 226;
William, 256. Kinsey, David, 193. Klare, Edna, 293. Knai)per, Abraham, 217. Knowlton, W. C., 236- Kraft, John, 296. Kurtz, Benjamin, 268. Kyle, James, 150; Joini, 150.
Larkins, Carroll, 270.
Latimer, George, 194, 196.
Laughlin, R. G., 236.
Laycock, John, 290.
Lee, Eliza, 294.
Leeper, Charles, 234.
Lintner, Ellen, 237; James E., 237;
Joseph P., 237. Little, Casper, 230; Elizabeth Smith, 230; Mary S. P., 230; Peter W., 230,
231 ; Susanna, 230. Livingston, Hugh, 290; Phoebe, 239,
290. Livingstone, Daniel, 287; I'-dward,
287. Locherv, Jeremiah, 140; William, 151.
494
INDEX
Lowe, Sarali, 237.
Lowrey, Fanny, 283; James, 283;
Joseph, 283 ; Lazarus, 283. Lytle, William, 196.
McBride, James, 197; Hannah, 159, 174, 180.
McBurnie, John, 235.
McClain, James, 276.
McClean, Archibald, 153.
MeClellan, James, 209; Mary, 209.
McCord, William, 167.
McCormick, William, 284.
McCracken, John, 150.
MoCrae, James Turner, 236; Marga- ret, 236.
McCullough, James, 212; John, 212.
McDowell, Alexander, 213; Alexander E., 206, 220; Annabella, 241 ; Archi- bald Bard, 220, 240, 241 ; Catharine Poe, 218; Elizabeth, 220, 241; James, 201-203, 210, 217, 220; James Dunlap, 217; James E., 218; James M., 218; Jane, 201, 216, 217, 220; Jane Smith, 218; John, 213, 282 ; Margaret, 226 ; Mary, 220; Mary Bard, 217; Mary Jane, 220, 240, 241; Rebecca Jane, 242; Robert, 216-218; Robert Holmes, 218; Robert Smith, 241 ; Sarah Eliza- beth, 242; Sarah Margaret, 218; William, 201, 210, 220; William Erwin, 242; William Findlay, 218; William M., 218; WilUam Smith, 220, 242.
McElwaine, Andrew, 222, 223; Isabel McKee, 222; Robert, 222, 223.
McFarland, Catharine, 199; Isaac Bard, 213; Jane, 214; Jane C, 210, 213, 215; Jeanney, 210; John, 214; Joseph, 208; Mary, 215; Robert, 210, 213, 215; Stephen, 200, 213, 216; Thomas, 214.
McGahan, James Erwin, 222; Katlia- rine, 222; Olivia J. M., 222; Valen- tine B., 209, 222.
McGee, John. 174,
McGinley, .\inos, 151; James, 146.
McGrew, Alice, 236; Amanda, 237; Mazie, 260.
Mcintosh, Lucia, 232. McJimsey, Robert, 150. McKean, Thomas, 189. McKeefey, Neil .1., 245. McKinnie, Adam, 206, 218; Alexander, 240; Anne, 213; Ann Jane, 235;
Bard, 219; Catharine, 211, 213, 235; David Elliott, 235; Elizabeth, 212, 234; Elizabeth Bard, 235; Harriet, 235; Isabel, 211-213, 218; Isabella, 234; James, 200, 211, 234; John, 211, 212, 234, 235; .Josiah, 211, 212, 218, 235; Margaret, 211, 213, 234, 236; Mar- garette, 241; Martha, 213; Martha Belle, 235, 261; Mary, 212; Rachel, 234; Richard Bard, 211, 234, 235; Robert, 240, 241; Samuel, 235; Sarah, 234 ; Susanna, 234 ; Thornton, 235; Walter, 211, 212; William A., 220, 240.
McKnight, Rev. John, 153, 263; Le\n A., 223.
McLanahan, James X., 228.
McLene, James, 276.
McManimv, Daniel, 161, 174, 180.
McMath, .John, 199.
McMean, Rachel, 182, 214.
McMullen, Alexander, 211, 235; Eliza- beth, 236; Henry, 286; James, 235; Jane, 236; .John, 233, 235; Margaret, 236; Mary, 235; Mary Poe, 236; Rachel, 233; Thomas, 236.
McPherson, Col. Robert, 152, 263.
Mackev, Mary Goodman, 261.
Maclav, William, 204.
Marks, Esther, 291.
Marshall, James, 152; Joseph, 213
Martin, Henrietta, 222.
Matthews, George, 196.
Menard, William, 213.
Mertz, Anna, 260.
Mitchell, James, 284.
Moffat, Susan, 150.
Moor, Samuel, 153.
Moore, Eliza Ward, 297; Frederick H., 298; John, 234; John P., 291, 297; Mabel Pope, 297; Matilda M., 270; Mary, 298; Sarah, 234; Susan, 286.
Morgan, Louise K., 293; Sara, 293; William, 293.
Morehead, Ellen. 248; Hugh H., 248.
Morey, Arthur Paine, 233, 260; Jennie Jasper, 261 ; Laura Calma, 261 ; Richard, 261 ; Walter, 261.
Morris, Cephas, 234.
Morrison, John W., 246.
Morrow, James, 284; Margaret 285; Nancv, 285; Rebecca, 285; Robert, 284 ; Sarah, 285.
INDEX
495
Murphy, Francis, 291, 296. Mutchmore, Sarah, 149.
Neemes, Jennie Calhoun, 245.
Norris, Anna Catharine, 295; Moses
Arthur, 288, 295; Susan Mary,
295.
Oedl, Antione, 297. OHver, Jean, 225. Osborne, Susan, 248.
Pahner, Wilham F., 239.
Pancoast, Henry H., 248; Seth, 248.
Parker, Mary S.", 2.30.
Patterson, Zaccheus, 150.
Patton, John, 287-289; Rachel, 288; Samuel, 212, 288; Susan, 287; Wil- liam, 288.
Penn, John, 274.
Pipe, Captain, 184.
Poe, Catharine, 200, 214; Elizabeth, 195; James, 195, 199; Mary, 200, 233, 235; Susanna, 194; Thomas, 200.
Porter, Boyd, 272; Margaret, 236, 238.
Potter, Catharine, 194; James, 194; John, 146, 157, 180, 194, 200; Mar- garet, 194; Martha, 157; Mary, 200; Samuel, 194, 196; Thomas, 159, 162, 180, 181, 188.
Prichard, John, 244.
Pringle, Jason, 217.
Purviance, Nancy, 219.
Ramsev, James, 209; Marv, 209; William T., 237.
Rankin, Birdie, 243; Fannie Glass, 243; George, 243; James Erwin, 222, 243; John Erwin, 243; Lewis, 243; Nancy, 241, 242; Sarah Erwin, 243; Wilham, 208, 222, 243.
Rea, John, 204.
Read, Philip, 269.
Reed, .John, 204; Margaret, 218, 242; Nancy, 221 .
Rex, Margaret, 248.
Reyburn, J. C, 237.
Rhodes, Marv Jane, 240 ; Naomi, 249.
Richardson, William, 149.
Rivenberg, Grace, 2.57.
Robertson, Arabella, 233.
Rodgers, Rev. Dr., 1.5.3.
Rogers, Antoinette, 272; Charles
Bard, 271; David James, 271 Edgar B., 272; Edwin Cosby, 272 Harrison, 271; Jame.s, 271, 272 John Henrv, 272; Jonathan, 268 271, 272; Sarah Ellen, 272; Thomp- son, 272; William Richard, 272.
Ross, John, 288.
Rush, William, 149.
Russell, Elizabeth, 285; Jane, 285; Margaret, 285; Samuel, 284, 285.
Sample, Robert F., 279.
Sansbury, William T., 272.
Scott, Carrie, 261 ; .Jane, 234; Thomas, 275; Thomas A., 251.
Sears, Elizabeth, 256.
Senseny, Abraham H., 257.
Sellers, Fannie, 218.
Shannon, Jane, 223.
Shelton, Samuel, 266.
Sherer, Anna H., 2.56.
Shields, Curtis E., 261 ; Daniel H., 235, 261; Nellie Bard, 261.
Slmltz, Ella, 290; John A., 290; Pearl E., 290.
Simonton, William, 28.3.
Skeen, Eunice E., 218.
Sleigle, Lydia, 235.
Smith, Charles, 204; Elizabeth, 290; James, 202; Jane, 201, 202; John L., 244 ; Neil J. 296 ; Robert, 202.
Snyder, Ella, B. 238.
Spence, Colin, 234.
St Clair, Sir John, 178.
Steele, Hannah Bard, 251 ; Hugh Exton, 251 ; John Dutton, 225, 250.
Stevenson, George, 179.
Stewart, Ann, 284, 285; i:)avid, 284 David Bard, 284; Eliza, 284 James, 284, 285; Margaret, 284 Margaret Edie, 284; Mary, 284 Nancy, 284; Rachel Ann, 284; Rob- ert, 284, 285; Sarah, 284; Thomas, 281, 284.
Stitzel, George, 193, 210; Henry, 193, 209, 210; William, 193.
Stow, Sherman P., 257.
Stuchfield, Bessie Bard, 249; Cora Lotta, 249; Ellen Davis, 249; Frank Bard, 249; Frank H., 225, 249; William Davis, 249.
Sturges, Pliineas M., 223.
Swayze, Jason C., 223.
Talbot, Sarah Elizabeth, 260. Templeton, James, 285.
496
INDEX
Thompson, Josiah, 216; Nannie J., 262.
Thomson, Alexander, 204.
Thorn, Marv H. A., 244.
Tod, John, 204.
Toms, John, 154.
Torrence, Albert, 166.
Tracv, Ann Ecea, 244 ; Bruce, 244.
Trotter, Alexander, 217.
Turner, Adam, 238; Catharine, 237 Catharine A., 236; Clara, 262 Eleanor, 237; Elizabeth Bard, 236 Emily Jane, 236; Ida May, 262 Iola,"262; James, 211, 236;" James McKinnie, 237, 261 ; Joseph, 236, 238; Joseph Gardner, 236; Lydia Jane, 237; Margaret Porter, 237; Margaretta L., 262; Mary, 236; Nathaniel Porter, 237; Richard Bard, 237; Violette Louisa, 237; William, 237 ; William Lintner, 262.
Tussev, David P., 285 ; John M., 285.
Van Antwerp, Charles, 260. Van Lear, Joseph, 231 ; Mary, 231. Vaughan, Theodore B., 237. Venning, Jesse T., 245.
Waddell, Alexander, 208; Eliza, 240, 241, Thomas, 208.
Wakefield, John E., 237.
Warmcastle, Kate, 243.
Waters, Elizabeth, 268; William, 268
Waugh, David, 150; James, 149 Jane, 149, 150; John, 149, 150 Nancy, 149; Samuel, 149, 150 WilUam, 148-150.
Wayne, Anthony, 184.
Wenzel, Alice, 244.
West, Marv, 260.
Westfall, Ezra Billing, 243; Mary Ada, 243.
White, Jolm Wesley, 245; J. W. F., 244; William, 16l", ISO; William H., 244.
White Eves, 183, 184.
Widder, John, 193, 210.
Wilson, Catharine, 186; Catharine Poe, 214; Isabelle, 214, 215; James 284; John, 214, 215, 281, 286 Martha, 199; Martha Bard, 214 Rachel McGee, 214; Thomas, 286 William, 200, 210, 214, 215.
Winger, Andrew, 193.
Wise, Cora, 298; Esther, 298; Henry A., 298; Thomas, 291, 298; Vivian Stewart, 298.
Witherow, John, 146; Samuel, 195; William, 151.
Woodmancey, 234.
Woods, Henry, 275.
Young, William S., 233.
THE BARD KINSHIP
Acheson, Eleanor McCuUough, 466.
Alexander, James W., 393; Isabella, 434; James, 319; John B., 441; Margaret, Mary, 434.
Alison, Francis, 399.
Allen, Jane, 389; Jane Logan, John, 442; Jotham, 329; Stephen, 351; Thankful, William Henry, 329.
Allison, Isaac, 393; John, 375.
Amruadh, 394.
Andrews, Chase, 392.
Anderson, Elizabeth, 41 1 ; William, 411.
Aiman, Andrew, 406; Margaret Coch- ran, 403, 405; Robert, 403, 405, 406; Robert L., 404; Robert Lan- dales, W^illiam, 406.
Archibald, William, William V., 336.
Armstrong, Jenny, 397; John, 305, 309, 312, 315, 372.
Arnold Family, 364. Ashbaugh, Margaret, 473. Audley, Lord, 354, 355.
Baird, Esther, William, 476.
Baker, Daniel, 308.
Balfour, Charles, 354; Sir William, 355.
Balusky, Count, 477.
Banker, Andrew, Jacob, Maria, Mary Catherine, Sarah, 474.
Bard, Archibald, 376; Catherine Poe, 374; David, Diemer, Elizabeth Diemer, 362; Elizabeth Smith Little, 479; Isaac, 452, 461; Jane C. McFarland, 387; Jane McDowell, 461; John, 387; Martha, 424; Mary Poe Evans, 387, Richard, 301, 302, 374, 384, 385, 387, 393, 419, 420,
INDEX
497
424, 479; Robert M., 428, 479; Thomas, 384, 387, 420, 468.
Barde, William, 355.
Barnes, .lolin, 422.
Barnhart, Harry R., Heury, .Taines B., John G., Julia, Margery, Sarah C, 330.
Beard, Archibald, 300, 302, 311; James, James Porter, 310; Martha, 302, 309; Mary, 310; Thomas, Wil- liam, 355.
Beatty, Agnes Smith, 459, 464; Ann Smith, Catherine, 464, 465; Eliza- beth, 465; Harriet, 464; Henry, 464, 465; James, John, Margaret, 465; Martha, Ruth, 464; Samuel Smith, 464; Walter, 459, 464, 465; William, 465.
Bell, Anna Perry, 462.
Belmore, Earl of, 299.
Bender, Martha, 481.
Bennett, Mrs., 465.
Bertman, Wesley, 473.
Besore, Alice, Daisy, Ennna, George, Kate, Laudis A., Mary, 380.
Beverly, Harry, 365.
Bewlev, Sir Edmund T., 349, 360, 369, 370.
Biddle, John, Margaret Falconer, 445.
Bingham, Agnes Junkin, 410, 417; Amanda, Emma, 417; Hugh, 410, 417; .John Armor, Lucinda Stuart, Marian, Marie Scott, Martha, Thomas, William, 417.
Bixby, Grace, R. F. P., 365.
Black, Ann, .lames, 457; Jeremiaii S., 429; John, 411.
Blair, Samuel, 396.
Blennerhasset, Thomas, 356.
Bodley, Eliza, Elizabeth, James, .lolm, Thomas, William, 434.
Boggs, Anilrew, 463; Moses, 329.
Boone, Ann, Daniel, 324.
Boude, J. Evans, 436; Tliomas, 316.
Bouquet, Col., 454.
Bowman, William, 433.
Boyd, Baptist, 300; Samuel, 442.
Brabazon, Sir Anthony, Sarah, 311.
Braddock, Gen., 457, 471, 476.
Bradish, Eliza, 445.
Brasher, Camille, 442.
Breen, William, 300.
Bridges, C. N., 437.
Briggs, Susie, 430.
Brooke, Andrew Parker, Caroline A., Charles Wallace, Charlotte M.,
Eliza Parker, Elizabeth Mary, Pierce Butler, Robert, Robert M., Stephen H., William P., 437.
Brown, Alexander, 319; Anne Potter, 315; Clementina B., 325; Cornet, 462; Elizabeth, 460, 462; Enoch, 312; George, 303; Martha, 306; Mary, 318, 319, 322, 324, 325; Rebecca, 381; Robert, 315; Samuel Potter, 315, 316; Thomas, 306, 310, 381; William, 316, 318, 319, 403.
Brownson, Abigail, 467; Alexander Acheson, 466; Asa, Elizabeth, 467; Ellen Maclay, Elliott C, James I., James Irwin, 466; John, 460, 4(j(), 467; John Maclay, Loretta Morgan, Marcus A., Margaret, Margaret McK., 466; Mary Elizabeth, 467; Mary McDowell, 461, 466, 467; Mary R., Mary W., 466; Nancy, 461, 466, 467 ; Nathan, Nathan Asa, 467 ; Richard, 461, 466, 467; Robert M., 466; Robert Smitli, Sarah .lane, 467; Sarah Smith, 460, 466; Tim- othy, 467.
Bruce, A., Fannie E., Robert, 390.
Bryan, Daviil, 433; Richard R., 332.
Buchanan, George, 410, 416; James, 382, 383, 391 ; John Junkin, Josepli, 416; Mary Junkin, 410.
Bullions, Alexander, 390
Burnside, Amelia, 325, 339; Thomas, William, 325.
Byron, Sir John, 349, 353.
Cairnes, Elizabeth, 363.
Canapbell, Charles, 381 ; Charles Tliomas, 380, 388-390; Eleanor, 324; Elizabeth Charlotte, .380, 390; Fannie E. Bruce, 390; Hugh, 473; James, 377, 380, .381, 388, 390; James E., 393; John, 381; Joseph, 385; George, 381; Margaret Poe, 380, 388, 390; Michael, 381 ; Phanuel Rannels, 380, 381; Rebecca, 385; Sarah, 381 ; Thomas, .381, 452; Wil- liam, 381.
Carman, Susan, 424.
Carnahan, Catherine Potter, Janies, 316.
Carothers, .\ndrew, 34(J; Catherine, 317; Catherine Potter, 310, 316, 321 ; Caroline Tayhjr, 321 ; Eleanor Find- ley, 411; Eliza, 321, 333, 345, 346; F]lizabeth, Elizabeth McClure, Isa- bella Power, 317; Janies, 310, 310,
498
INDEX
321; James, (II), James P., 317; Jane, 317, 321; John, 317; John Richev, 321; Martha, 317, 321; Marv,"317; Ruth EUiott, 321, 333; Samuel, 317, 321, 333; WiUiam E., 321 ; Wilham Swan, 317.
Carpenter, Marv EUiott, Robert P., 326.
Carroll, Barri.ster, Daniel, 403.
Cathcart, Elizabeth, 314, 315; Mar- garet, 310; William, 31.5.
Cliambers, Arthur, 390; Arthur Camp- bell, 380, 390; Benjamin, 303, 307, 310, 311, 456; Catherine, 311, 315; Charlotte, 311; Eleanor C. Stock- ton, 390, 391 ; Elizabeth Charlotte Campbell, 380, 390; George, 340; James, 307, 311, 390; John, 390; Josejih, 315; Mary Patterson, 314, 315; Robert, Rowland, 390; Ruh- amah, Sarah Bella, Sarah Patter- son, 311; Thoma.s, 314, 315; Wil- liam, 375, 409.
Charlton, Rebecca, 480.
Christie, Robert, 363.
Clanawlev, Lady Susanna, 355.
Clark, Dr., 329;" James, 405.
Clay, Henry, 341.
Clemm, Maria Poe, Virginia, William, 363.
Clendenin, Clara E., John, 426.
Clingan, William, 396.
Clinton, James, Gen., 436, 439.
Coburn, Dr., Margaret Crouch Potter, 319.
Cochran, Andrew, 403; Ann, 396; Ann Rowan, 396, 399, 400; Anna May, 412; Annabelle, 413; Anne, 398; Clifford Wilson, 413; DaA-id, 395- 398; David Franklin, Edgar Fitz- gerald, Edwartl Everett, 413; Elea- nor, 405, 409, 414-416; Eliza Wil- son, 413; Elizabeth, 368, 398, 408; Elizabeth C, Fannie 412; Findley, 408; George, 397, 409; George Wil- son, 413; Gertrude Schuyler, 399, 401; Grace, 413; Hannali Hill, 414; Hannah J. Wilson, 412,; Isabel 398; Isabella, 396; James, 394-400, 403,
406, 407; James Beatty, James Brown, 414; James Marion, 413; James Seward, 412; James W., 407, 412; Jane, 397, 398, 400, 401, 404,
407, 412, 419; Jane Wilson, 412; Jean, 400, 405, 419, 421, 423, 424; Jennv, 397, 398; Jerre Morrow, 413;
John, 394, 396, 399, 401, 403-405, 407-410; John Lewis, 413; John Morrow, 412, 413; John Webster, 412; Joseph Wilson, 413; Jonathan, 408; Laurence, 412; Llewellyn, Louisa Deshler, 413; Margaret, 398,
403, 405, 407 ; Maria Marv, Martha Jane, 413; Mary, 405, 406, 408, 410, 412; Mary J. HiJl, 412; Melinda, 404, 406; Morrow, 414; Nannie, Paul Garfield, 413; Rebecca, 398, 401, 412; Rebecca J., 413; Rebecca Jane, 414; Rebecca Morrow, 407, 408, 412, 413; Robert, 394-398, 403,
404, 407; Robert Hill, 412; Ruth, 407; Samuel, 397, 400, 401, 404, 407; Samuel Dick, 413; Sarah, 403- 405; Stephen, 395-398, 400, 419; Taylor, 412; Walter Livingston, 400, 401 ; William, 395, 403-405, 407-409, 412, 413; William Annan, 413; William R., 407, 413; William Woods, 413.
Cochrane, John, 401, 402; John, of Bishopton, 402.
Cole, Cornelius, 412.
Cooper, Lieut., 439.
Corbin, John, 407.
Cornwallis, Loril, 313.
Corry, James, 299.
Couch, Gen., 402.
Covenhoven, Robert, 347.
Cowan, Marv, 361.
Coyle, A. L., 467; Maria H., 391; Marv, 467.
Craig, "Capt., 439; Isabella, 328; Jos- eph, 433; Sarah, 327.
Crane, Marv Ellen Potter, Simeon H., 323.
Crawford, George, 378, 384; George Douglass, John S., Mary Johnston, 468; Nannie, 366; Robert Smith, William, William H., 468.
Crist, .loshua P., 477.
Crosbie, Patrick, Sir Pierce, 35.5.
Crouch, Edward, Hannah Brown, James, Margaret Potter, 314.
Crozier, Catherine, 299, 300, 309; John, 299, 309.
Culbertson, Capt., 380; James, 456; Samuel, 422, 460, 464, 467.
Cumming, Annie, Charles, Joseph^ 365; Maria Poe, 363; Mary Cuth- bert, Montgomery, Thomas, Wal- lace, William Henry, 365.
Cunningliam, .lames, 398.
INDEX
499
Curry, Robert, 433.
Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 326, 329, 330, 340-343, Austin, 329, 330; Cather- ine Wilson, 326, 343; Constans, 320, 329, 331 ; Ellen Honora, James, 329; Jean Gregg, 320, 328, 340, 343; Jennie, 343; John, John I., John Irvin, 330; Julia, Margery, 329; Martha Gregg, 320; Martha M., 329, 343; Mary J., 329; Mary W., 343; Roland, 320, 328, 329," 340, 343; William, 330; William Wilson, 343.'
Cuthbert, John, 408.
Dargent, H., 462. ■Davis, Mary S. Porter, 446. Dawson, H. N. R., 448; Kathcrine
364. Dean, Alexander Tracy, 464, 467;
Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Robert Smith
468. Deemer, Catherine, 362. Dickinson, John, 314. Dickson, l-^llcn, Hugh, 326; .Inhii J.,
William M., 442. Dougal, James, 326. Douglass, Archibald, Rebecca, Sarah
Agnew, 425. Doyle, A. Elizabeth, Alice, .\udrew
G., Celia, Dick, E. Ormond, George,
Jessie, 328. Droup, George, 473. Duffield, William, 374. Duncan, .\delia, Margaret, (). P.,
Susan Irvin, Susan Potter, Thomas
322. Dunlop, Andrew, 311; .lames, 378,
384, 409; Sarah Bella, 311. Dunwoody, Hugh, 408.
Kchlin, Elizahctli, 311. Edge, William, 433. Edwards, Albert S., Ciiarles,
beth E., Georgia, .luliaii
Ninian Wirt, 447. Egle, William H., 320. Eile, 394.
Elizabeth, Queen, 355. Elliott, Bessie, 327; Christiana,
beth Wilson, George, 326; .
W., John, 327; John, Rev.,
Katie, 327; Laura Wilson, Ma
326; Buth, .321, .3.33: Williai
327. Emmet, Samuel, 403. Erwin, James, Mary, Olivia Bard, 384.
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Evans, Jeremiah, 378, 387; John Mc- Mullen, Mary I{;iiza, Mary Poc, 387; Rachel McMullen, 378, 387.
Fahnestock, Peter, 377.
Fallon, Margaret Beatty, 465.
I'arnham, Lord, 361.
F'enton, .lames, 377, 385.
I"ey, John, 441.
F'indlay, Amelia F>azer, Ann Rebecca, 462; Anna Mary, 470; Archibald Irwin, 461, Alexander, Charles, 462; Eleanor .Tohnston, 461; Ehza- beth, 470; Elizabeth Brown, 460, 462; F:iizabeth King, 461 ; F]lizabetli Margaretta, 462; Elizabeth Rice, Emma Lash, Grace Rice, 470; Henry, 462; James, 461, 462; James Lash, 470; Jane, 461; Jane Smith, 460; John, 452, 461, 464, 469; John King, 461; John Torrence, 470; John William, Jonathan Smith, Margaret, 462; Mary, 461; Mary .lane, 462; Nancy Brown.son, 469; Nathan, 461, 462; Rebecca, 461; Robert, H.ibert S., 462; Robert Smith, 461, 469, 470; Samuel, 458, 460-462; Samuel B., 461; Sylvester Lamed, Thomas, 462; William, 461, 462; William Perrv, 470; William Reynolds, 462.
Findley, .\lexander, Archibald, 362; F)avid, F^leanor, IClizabeth, 411; Elizabeth .lunkin, 410, 411; John,' 410, 411 ;.lohn .lunkin, 411; Marthaj 362, 40!», 411; Mary, 411; Mary Cochran, 405, 409, 410; Nancy, Pat- terson, 411 ; William, 405, 409, 410, 411. Fiidey, F^benezer, 462; John, 431. Flshburn, .lames V., 415.
'itzgerald, Marie, 413.
leniing, Robert, 397.
lora, Susan, 384.
"orman, Andrew, 476.
orsyth, .lolin, Mrs., 365.
Vanciscus, Margaret, 475.
rederick, Samuel, 373, 379.
remont, John C, 402.
rench, Susan, 348.
rost, Alice, 350.
ullerton, David, 376; Humphrev, 304,307.
alloway, Agnes .lunkin, James, 410, 416; Jolm Mason, 417.
500
INDEX
Gates, Gen., 439.
Gelwicks, Frederick, Ida, 388.
George, .lereiniali, Mattliias, 388.
Gerlach, Henry, 473.
Gibbes, Anna M., 482.
Gibson, John B., 444; William, 471.
Giesy, Ann, Harrv, Marv E., Samuel
H., 469. Glenawley, Hugh, Lortl, 355. Goddard, William, 363. Goodwin, Anne Mansfield, Robert,
359. Gordon, Alexander, 386; Samuel,
377, 385. Grant, U. S., 342, 449, 450. Greeley, Horace, 402. Green, G. Dorsey, 332. Greenawlev, Hugh, Lord, 354. Gregg, Alice M., 332; Andrew, 314,
319, 320, 327-332, 343, 344, 376; Ann E., 331 ; David McMurtric, 332, 344; David McMurtrie (II), 345; Eliza, Eliza Wilson, 320; Elizabeth, 321; Ellen, Ellen McKnight, 332; Ellen McMurtrie, 332, 344; Ellen Sheaff, 345 ; George, 332, 345 ; Henry H., 332; James, 321 ; James P., 331 ; James Potter, 320; Jean, 320, 321, 328, 340, 343; Jean Scott, 321, John, 321, 329; John Irvin, 331, 344; Julia, 331; Juliana, 320, 330; Margaret, 321, 331; Margaret Irvin, 331, 344; Margerv, 320, 329; Martha, 320, 331, 332; Martha McM., 332; Martha Potter, 318, 319, 327, 328, 330-332; Matthew, 321 ; Matthew Duncan,
320, 332, 344; Mary, 320, 327, 332, 340; Marv Jane, 331; Rachel, 321; Sarah, 320; Susan, 331; Thomas .1., 332.
Grier, Isaac, 446; Margaret, 474;
Marv, 480. Grove, David, 386. Grubb, Jane McClelland, Joseph,
Ruth, 392.
Hall, A. Oakey, 402 ; Lodiska, 480.
Hamilton, Adam Boyd, 300; Cather- ine, Elizabeth, Francis, Hans, 311; Hugh, 355; Isabella, 300, 302, 303, 432, James, 310, 311; Sir James, 311; John, 300, 303, 307, 310, 311; John of the Bawn, 311; Katherine, 307; Malcoln, 355; Margaret, 311; Robert, 303; Sarah, 311.
Hanna, John, 408.
Harbison, Adam, 379; Isabella, 379, 388; Martha, 379.
Harris, Eleanor, 382; George F., 343; James, 338; James R., 382; Thama- sine, 338, 347, 348.
Harrison, William Henry, 380, 462.
Hause, Cassandra, Victor, 473.
Hays, Jane Love, John, Sarah, 327.
Heagen, Amanda, Anne F., Catherine, Esther Alvina, Henry, John W., Mary, Nelson, Susanna, 473.
Heberton, A., 437.
Helm, Ben Hardin, 448.
Hendricks, J. G., Maria L. Potter, 322.
Herr, W. W., 448.
nibble, Lydia, 482.
Hide, Ann, 359, 369.
Hiester, Eugenia, Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg, John Sylvester, Joseph Muhlenberg, Maria Catherine Muh- lenberg, 328.
Hill, Alexander J., 334; Hannah, 414; Martha Potter, 315; Marv J., 412; William, 315.
Hodge, Rebecca, 408.
Hoke, Jacob, Mary, 474.
Hollidav, Samuel, 464.
Holmes", Sheriff, 456.
Hood, Thomas, 324.
Hopkins, C. D., Elizabeth Arnold, 364.
Houston, Mrs., 365; William, 330.
Howe, Gen., 313.
Ho\', Nancy, 368.
Humphreys, Alexander, Elizabeth, 448.
Hunter, Charles, 321 ; Eliza Carothers, 321, 333; Gen., 445.
Huston, Charles, 324, 325.
Hutchinson, Daniel, 356.
Imhn-, .lulia, William, 415.
Irvin", Ann Watson, 324, 330, 331, 338, 343; Eliza, 330; Jame.s, 320, 329-331, 343; John, 322, 324, 330, 331, 338, 343; John and Ann Wat- son, children of, 330; Juliana Gregg, 320, 330; Margaret, 331, 344; Ro- land Curtin, 343; Sarah, 338; Wil- Ham, 329, 331, 343, 376.
Ir\ine, Catherine, 327; Gen., 436; William, 327; William D., 442.
Irwin, Adelia Duncan, 322; Archi- bald, 461, 463; David, 322; Ehza- beth, 463, 467-469; James, 460; Jane, 462; Jane McDowell, 461, 463; Nancy, 461 ; William, 456.
INDEX
501
Jack, Elizabeth, .lainos, John, Marv, 336.
Jackson, Thomas J. (Stonewall), 415.
James, King, 451 ; William H., 413.
Jennings, Margaret Waddell, 386.
Johnson, Andrew, 342, 449.
.Johnston, Annabelle McDowell, 468; Elizabeth, 463; Elizabeth Brown, 462; George W., 463; James, 462, 463; Jane, 463; John, 452, 458, 462, 463, 468; Mary S., 463; Mary Smith, 468; Rebecca, 463; Rebecca Smith, 462; Robert, 314, 462; Samuel, 463; Thomas, 462, 463; William, 463.
Jones, Mary, 353.
Jordan, Benjamin J., 427; Isabella, John, 310; Leonard C, 423.
.lunkin, Agnes, 410, 416, 417; Benja- min, 409, 410; David X., 410, 4i5; Ebenezer Denny, 415; Eleanor, 410, 415; Eleanor Cochran, 405, 409, 414, 415, 416; Elizabeth, 410, 411; Elizabeth Wallace, 409; George, 409, 414, 415; John, 409, 411 ; John Miller, 415; Joseph, 405, 409, 410, 414, 415, 416; Jnlia Rush Miller, Margaret, 415; Martha Findley, 411; Mary, 410, 416; Matthew Oliver, 410; Rebecca, 407, 408, 412, 413; WiUiam, 409; William Findiev, 410; William Finney, 415.
Keiser, Michael II., .392.
Kelley, Major, 313.
Kellogg, Charles B., 448.
Killough, Allen, 374.
Kinney, Henrv, Sarah Gregg, 320;
326;" Sarah l", 326. Kirker, James, Martha Carothers,
321. Kirkpatrick, David, 338, 341. Klein, Casper, 471 ; Peter, 475. Knox, John, 408. Koler, Anna Elizabeth, l']lias, 388 Krauth John M., 468. Kuhn, Emanuel, 305, 372.
Lafayette, Gen., 323, 440.
Lamia, John, 436, 438.
Larimer, J. F., 330
Lash, Emma J., .James, 470.
Latimer, Arthur, 310; George, 305, 309, 310; James, John, 310; Mar- garet, 305, 309, 310; Martha. Rob- ert, Thomas, 310.
Latta, E. D., Mrs., 365.
Laughlin, Elizabeth, Sarah Simpson, Thomas, 368.
Lawrence, Margaret, .386.
Leiter, Jacob, 367.
I^ennox, Elizabeth Beatty, 46.5.
Lepler, Rebecca Jane Cochran, 414.
Lewis, .Julia Ann, 413.
Lincoln, Abraham, 324, 334, .341, 342, 447; Mary Todd, Nancy Hanks, Rob- ert Todd, Thomas, William Wallace,
Linn, James F., 327 ; Robert, 473. [447.
Lionberger, Bcttv, 441.
Little, Adam, 472; Andrew, 472, 473, 480; Anna, 473; Anna Mary, 476; Anna Mary Schley, 482; Barbara, 475, 476; Benjamin Franklin, 480; Benjamin Rush, 479, 482; Casper, 471, 473, 474, 476-479; Catherine, 472-476; Catherine Polly, 473; Cyn- thia D. Scarrett, 481; David, 472,
474, 476; Dorothy, 474-476; Ed- mund H., 480; Elias, 472; Eliza- beth, 472, 474-476; Elizabeth Smith, 479; Esther, Esther Baird, Fannie, 476; Freilerick, 474-476; George, 472; George Grier, 480; Hannah, 472, 476, 477; Henry, 472, 474; .Jacob, 472, 474, 477; Jemima, 473; Jemima Hause, 480; .lesse, 474, 480; John, 472, 479; .Joseph, 472,
475, 476; Juliana, 474; Louisa, 480; Louisa Catherine, 479, 481, 482; Lvidwig, 474, 475; Magdalena, 474, 476; Margaret, 474-476; Martha, 473; Mary, 474, 475; Mary Ann, 474; Mary Eva, 475; Mary Grier, 480; Mary Parker, 479, 481; Mary Smith", 441, 479, 481, 482; Michael, 475; Xancy Jane Findlay, 479; Peter, 475; Peter Washington, 441, 472, 478, 481, 482; Rachel, 472; Richard, Robert Aquilla, 473; Robert Parker, 479, 481 ; Ruth, 476; Samuel, 472; Sarah, 474; Sarah F., 473; Sophia, 474; Susan, 472; Susanna, 471, 472, 475— 479, 481; Thaddeus Stevens, 480; LTrsula Schreiver, 47.5; \'eronica, 472; William, 476.
Livers, Robert, 307, 308.
Lockhart, Mary, 408.
Logan, 319; Benjamin, 442.
Long, Agnes, 378, 382 ; Alexander, 374, 378, 382, 383; Catherine, 378, 383, 392; Marv, 378, 382, 391 ; Mary Poe, 377, 382," 383.
502
INDEX
Lowden, John, 323.
Lowe, Charles Gillespie, 423, 428;
Elizabeth, James, 428; Mary Smith
McFarland, 423, 428. Ludlow, Charlotte, Israel, 311.
Maclay, John, 461 ; Sarah Ellen, 466.
Maine, Barbara Sedborough, 353; John, 353, 354.
Major, Robert, 433.
Mankowski, Count, 365.
Mansfield, John, Ralph, 359.
Markle, Cyrus P., 333; Gaspard, 337; Leah, 333, 337; Mary Rothermel, 333.
Marlin, James, Sarah, 362.
Martin, Col., 327; James, 465.
Mason, Dr., 414, 416; John, 405.
McAllister, Archibald, Sarah Bella, 311.
McBride, James, 340; Jane, 340, 361, 363-365; John, Robert, 363.
McCall, Elizabeth, Grizzel, 423.
McCalmont, Elizabeth, 432.
McClanahan, Matthew, Matthew Pot- ter, William Elliott, 316.
McClelland, Mary Potter, Robert, William, 314.
McClure, Elizabetli, James, 317.
McConnell, John, 383.
McCullough, Francis, 437.
McDemiott, Josephine, 443, 449; Wil- liam, 443.
McDonald the Smith, 451, 452.
McDowell, Agnes Craig, 467; Alex- ander, 393; Annabelle, 452, 463; Annie Catherine, 427; Archibald B., 393; Edward Campbell, 427; Eliza Parker, 426; Elizabeth, 438; Franklin, 427 ; Henry C, 426 ; James 452, 456, 461, 463; Jane, 426; Jane Cochrane McFarland, 423, 426; Jean Smith, 461, 463; John, 466, 467; John Clendenin, John McFar- land, 426; Margaret, 452; Margaret Bard, 393; Mary, 452, 461, 466, 467; Marv Davidson, Marv C. David- son,'Milton G., 426; Robert, 427, 452; Sarah, 452; Thomas, Thomas Hugh, 426; William, 427, 452; Wil- liam Henry, 423 426; William Smith, 452."
McElhare Maria Harbison, 379.
McFarland, Alice Robison, 428; Ann, 420, 421, 425; Ann Patton, 423; Anna Fullerton, 427; Arthur, 433;
David Fullerton, 428; Eliza Parker, 423, 426, 428, 441; Elizabeth Por- ter, 423; Ellen J. Robi-son, 427; James,, 418, 433; Jane Cochran 420, 423, 426; Jean, 419; Jean Cochran, 400, 419, 423, 424; Jennie H., 430; John, 418, 420, 423, 426, 427, 428, 433, 441 ; John Davidson, 427 ; John Franklin, 423; Joseph, 418, 419; Margaret, 433; Mary, 420, 424, 433; Mary Louisa, 428; Mary Smith, 423, 428;' Prudence, 419; Rachel, 418; Robert, 400, 418-421, 423, 424; Robert C, 419; Robert Parker, 423, 427; Robert Robison, 428; Stephen, 419; Susie Briggs, 430; Thomas Bard, 423, 428-430 ; Thomas Frank- lin, 428; Virginia Martha, 427.
McGowan, David, James M., Joseph, Robert, Stewart, Thomas B., 434.
McKee, Catherine Carothers, Joseph D., 317.
McKeen, Thomas, 437.
McKinle}', William, 450.
McKinnie, Anna Maria, Bessie F., 393; Catherine, 385; Catherine Long, Elizabeth, 392; Elizabeth Bartl, 385; Harold Austin, 393; James, 385; Josiah, 392, 393; Mag- gie Bell, Margaretta, Mary Isabella, Marv Jane, Rebecca Coyle, 393; Robert, 384, 392; Rose Edna, 393; Sarah Jane, Walter, William A., 392; William Waddell, 393.
McKinstry, Mary, 423.
McKnight, Elizabeth, Elizabeth O'- Hara Denny, Robert, 332.
McLanahan, Andrew Gregg, 328; George, 340; Isabella Craig, James 328; James Xavier, 328, 340; Jane McBride, 340; Mary, 328; Mary Gregg, 320, 327, 340; William, 320, 328, 340.
McLene, Daniel, 452.
McMillan, Hannah, John, 310.
McMullen, Alexander, 378, 385; Alex- ander R., Catherine McKinnie, Ellen, Eva, James P., 385; James Poe, 378; John, 374, 378, 385, 387; Jo.seph C, 385; Margaret, 378, 385, 387; Marv E., 339; Marv Poe, 378, 385, 387; Rachel, 378, 387; Rebecca Campbell, Sarah A., 385; Thomas, 378; William Harvey, 385.
McMurtrie, David, 332; Ellen, 332, 344; Martha Elliott, 332.
INDEX
503
McNulty, Howard B., 480.
McPherson, Robert, 473, 474.
Mennon, Patrick, 435.
Mercer, Hugh, 375.
Mervyn, Sir Audlev, Christiana,
Henry, 355; James, 350, 354, 355. Michler, Eliza, Peter, 446. Miles, Marston, 328. Miller, Catherine, 387, 472; Catherine
Little, 476; Charles Harris, 339;
Frederick, 472, 477; Henrietta, 477;
John, 415; John C, 339; Julia Rush,
415; Margaret Irvin, 416. Milligan, Mary, 441; Mary Jane, 391. Mitchell, Alexander, 397, 419; David,
Eliza Gregg, 320; John B., 331;
Sarah, 407. Monckton, Col., 323. Montgomery, Major, 318, 319. Moore, Mary, 366. Morris, Margaret, 311. Morrow, James, Jane, .leremiah, 408
John, 407, 408; Margaret, 408
Maria, 384; Martha, Mary, 408
Mary Lockhart, 407, 408. Moyer, Andrew G. C, Frederick,
Lucy Wilson, William W., 326. Muhlenberg, Peter, 437. Murray, Jeremiah, 407; Sarah, 408. Myers," Mary E., 339.
Nead, Matthias, 377.
Neiz, Catherine, 477, 478; .John Henry,
478. Nelson, William, 433. Nesbet, Hattie, Thomas E., 365. Newell, Grizzel, 456; Mary, 421, 423;
William, 456. NiccoUs, J. A., 335. Nichols, John, Mary Jane, 316. Norman, Salina Shirley, 366.
O'Bannon, Minor, 441. O'Caine, Richard, 45<). Ogden, Margaret, 473. Oliver, Walter, 410. O'Neale, Bryan, 354. Ormond, Thomas, 362.
Pancoast, Dr., 343.
Parker, Abraham, 431 ; Alexander, 432; Andrew William, 442; Ann Ehza, 441, 446; Ann Maria, 442; Archibald, 431, 432, 433; Camille, 442; Ehza, 423, 426-428, 441; Elizabeth, 432, 433, 435, 438, 443-
445; Elizalx'th Jane, 442; Elizabeth Porter, 438, 441, 446; Elizabeth Todd, 432, 433, 435, 438; Isabella, 434; James, 431-433, 441; James Porter, 441, 442; Jean, 434; John, 431, 433, 441; John Allen, John Todd, 442; Jonas, Joseph, 431; Margaret, 433; Martha, 441; Mary, 432-434, 441 ; Mary Ann, 441 ; Mary Eliza, 442; Mary Smitli, 423, 441, 458, 479; Marv Todd, 433, 441; Nancv, Nellie, 433; Phineas, 439, 440; Robert, 423, 432, 433, 438-442, 446, 458, 479; Robert Henry, 442; Robert Porter, 433, 438, 441 ; Wil- liam, 431-4.33, 435, 438, 441.
Patterson, James, Mary, 314, 315; Mary Stewart, 315; Nicholas, 419; Stuart, 417; Thomas, 411.
Patton, Andrew J., Elias, 423; Eliza- beth, 422, 423; Harriet Scott, 425; James, 421-423, 425; .Jane Cochran, 422; John, 421, 422; Margaret, Marv, 423; Mary Ann, 422; Mary Newell, 421, 423; Matthew, 308, 420-425; Rebecca, Rebecca Mar- garet, 423; Rebecca Scott, 425; Robert, 422, 423; Robert McFar- land, 421 ; Samuel, Sarah, Thomas, 422.
Peden, David, 362.
Perkins, George C, 429.
Peters, Daniel, 473.
Pew, William, 360.
Phelps, Oliver, 445.
Piper, Margaret, 460, 466; Sarah Mc- Dowell, WiUiam, 460.
Poe, Adam, 367, 368; Alexander, 360-
363, 369; Alice, 350; Andrew, 367, 368; Ann, 359; Anne, 350, 361 ; Anne Goodwin, 359 ; Ann Hide, 359, 369 ; Anthony, 349, 350, 356-358, 369, 370; Catherine Dawson, 364; Cath- erine Ziegler, 367; Charles, 368; Daniel, 3.58; David, 359-363, 368; Edgar Allen, 360, 361, 363, 364; Edmond, 349; Edward, 359, 370; Eliza White, 365; Elizabeth, 350; Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins, 364; Elizabeth Cairnes, 363, 364; Eliza- beth Cochran, Elizabeth Laughlin, 368; Elizabeth Rutan, 367; Ellen, 366; Frances Sedborougli. 350, 351, 353; Frances Winslow, 365, 366; Francis Winslow, 366; George, 363,
364, 367; Cxeorge Jacob, Harris, 366;
504
INDEX
James, 349, 350; Jane McBride, 361, 363-365; Jean, 363; John, 350, 359, 361, 362, 364, 369: John P., 364; Kate, 367; Leonard, 349; Maria, 363; Margaret, 362; Marv, 358, 362, 363, 366; Mary Jones," 353, 354; Matilda, 365; Nancy Hoy, 368; Nannie, 366; Neilson, 364; Nelson, Oliver, 366; Orlando Metcalfe, 368; Patrick, 366; Richard, 349, 350, 369, 370; Robert, 370; Robert For- syth, 365; Rosalie, 364; Sarah, 361, 362; Susan, 366; Susanna Warner, 368; Thomas, 349, 354, 356, 357, 366, 368, 370 ; Virginia Clemm, 364 ; Washington, 365, 366; William, 349, 350, 352-354, 356, 357, 359, 360, 363, 365, 366, 370; William Henry Leonard, 364.
Poe Family of Conococheague, Alice Myrtle, 388; Angeline, Martha 380; Anna Elizabeth Koler, Bruce Albert 388; Catherine, 301, 302, 374, 388; Charlotte, 377; Eliza, 376, Eliza C, 377; Elizabeth Cathcart, 314; Eliza- beth Cathcart Potter, 376, 379, 380, 381; Emma Elizabeth, 388; Har- riet, 376, 377; Hazel, Henrv Frank- lin, 388; Isabella Harbison, 379, 388; Isabella Marion, 379; James, 310, 312, 314, 373-377, 379-381; James Potter, 379; John, 376, 377, 379, 388; John E., 379, 388; John Edgar, 380; Margaret, 377, 380, 388, 390; Mary, 374-377; Mary Potter, 315; Minnie Blanche, 388; Susanna, 315, 374, 377, 381, 391; Thomas, 301-303, 315, 369-372, 375—377, 388; Thomas Harbison, 379; William, 376, 377, 388.
Pollock, James, 341.
Porter, Alexander Parker, 437 ; An- drew, 432, 435-438, 440, 443-445; Andrew Parker, Anna M., 446; Anna Maria, 437; Cephas Little, 481 ; Charlotte, 437; Caroline Reily, 444; David Rittenhouse, 438, 443, 449; Eliza Michler, 446; Elizabeth, 438, 441, 446; Elizabeth McDowell, 438; Elizabeth Reily, 444; Elizabeth Parker, 432, 435, 443-446; Emma, 444; Emma W., 446; George B., 479, 481; George Bryan, 435, 444, George W., 444; Gov", 425; Harriet 437; Harriet P., 446; Henry, 444; Horace, 444, 449, 450; Hvmies, 445;
James M., 446; James Madison, 438, 440 445; John Biddle, 445; John Ewiiig, 437; Josephine, 444; Jose- phine McDermott, 443, 449; Lafay- ette, 445; Mary, 438; Mary S., 446; Rebecca R., 444; Robert,"435, 437 438; Rose, Sarah Louise, 445; Ste- ])hen, 433; Susanna Little, 479, 481 ; William, 438; William Augustus, 444. Potter, Abraham 299; Amelia Burn- side, 325, 339; Andrew Gregg, 318, 322; Annas, 310; Anne, 315; Annie Amelia, 323; Catherine, 310 316, 321 ; Charles H., 323; Clementina B. Brown, 325; Donald Somerville, 347; Dudley Blanchard, 339; Eliza A. Root, 325; Elizabeth, 300; Eliza- beth Catlicart, 314, 315, 376, 380, 381; Elizabeth Sanderson, 347; Ellen Dorsev, 325; George, 299; George Latimer, 318, 322, 338, 347, 348; George Latimer (II), 338, 348; Hamilton, 325; Hannah, 310; Harris, 348; Harry Melville, 339; Henrv Root, 325; Irvin Walters, 322; "Isabella, 300, 302, 303, 307, 310; Jacob Lex, 323; James, 300, 306-310, 312-315, 318, 319, 375, 376; James (II), 314, 318, 322, 324, 325; James (III), 318, 322, 324, 325, 338; James (IV), 322; James G., 325; .lames Harris, 338, 347; Jan- net Harris, 348; John, 299, 300, 302-312, 314-316, 318, 322, 325, 339, 371, 374; John Elmer, 339; John Irvin, 338; Linn, 338; Louisa French Lucy Maria, 339; Lucy Winters, 324"; Margaret, 305, 309, 314, 316; Margaret Crouch, 319; Margarite, 347 ; Maria L., 322 ; Maria Wilson, 322, 324, 325, 338; Martha, 300, 301, 306,309, 310,314,315,319, 327, 328, 330-332; Martha Gregg, 319; Mary, 301, 302, 310, 314, 316, 374; Mary Ann, 339; Mary Brown, 318, 322, 324, 325; Marv Elizabeth, 3.39 : Marv Ellen, 323 ; Marv McMul- len, Mary Myers, 339; Mary P., 318, 325, 343; Mary Patterson, 314, 318, 319; Mary So'merville, 347; OUvia, 315; Samuel, 309, 315, 374; Sarah Irvin, 338, 347; Susan, 322; Susan Frencli, 348; Susan Irvin, 322, 324, 347; Susanna Poe, 315, 374; Thomas, 299, 301, 302, 309, 310,
INDEX
505
315; Thomas Burnside, 325, 339; Thomas Duncan, 322; Thamasinc Harris, 338, 347, 348; Tliamasine, T., 339; WiUiam, 299, 300, 376; WilHam Mvers, 339; Wilham N., 325; William W., 318, 324, 341; William Wilson, 322, 338, 346.
Powell, Arthur, David, Jonathan, 361; Isabella, James, 317.
Preston, .Tohn P. L., Margaret, 415.
Proctor, Capt., 439; Thomas, 436, 438.
Putnam, Helen Maria, 482.
Quantrill, Charles, 473.
Rankin, Agnes Long, Archibald, 378, 383; David, Frances. James, Jean, Jeremiah, Ruth, William, 383.
Rannals. John, 381; Phanuel, 380, 381- Ruth, 381.
Reed, Judge, 341.
Reiffe. David, 473.
Reily, Emilv, Luther, Rebecca Orth, 444.
Reynolds, Margaret, 476; Tliomas R., 329.
Rhodes, Carrie R., 413; Marv .lane, 393.
Richards, Daisv, .John Custis Mar\-, Sarah, 328.
Richardson. Elizabeth, Jane, .lolm C, Robert Parker, Sarah, 441.
Richey, Jane Carother.s, 321 ; .lohn, 321" 386; Margaret Speer, Marv, 386.
Rice, John Findlay, Perry A., Robert Smith Findlay, Sarali I'indlay, Thomas Williard, William Perrv, 470.
Riddles, George, Mary Potter, 314.
Rippey, William, 336.
Riske," Charlotte, David, 311.
Rittenhouse, David, 435.
Robinson, Hannah, 310; John D., 408; Thomas, 310.
Robison, Andrew 453; David F., Ellen J., 427; Esther, James, Jennet, Margaret, Marv, Rebeckah 453; Robert, 376. 453.
Rogers, Mary, 455.
Root, Eliza A., 325.
Rosecrans, Gen., 449.
Roan, Flavel, John, Margaret, 390.
Ross, Isabella, Jolm, 397.
Rowan, Abraham, 397; Ann, Cor- nelius. 396, 397; David, 397
Rimckle, Julia Ann Wertzel, Wcndel, 478.
Runkel, Aletha Malvina, Anna, 478; Catherine, 477; Catherine Neiz, 477, 478; Edwin, 477; Hannah Little, 472, 477; John, 478; John Wilhelm, 477; .John William, 477, 478; Le- vesa Lassina, Margaret, 478; Theo- dore Lilienthal, 477; William, 472, 477, 478.
Rupp, Elizabeth, 478.
Rush, Benjamin, 479; Dr., 406.
Rutan, Elizabeth, 367.
Sage, William H., .343.
Sample, David, 412.
Sanderson, Elizabeth J., W. C, 347.
Sanks, James, 382.
Scarrett, Cynthia D., 481.
Schlev, Anna Marv, David, Georgiana Clem, 482.
Schreiver, LTrsula, 47.5.
Schuvler, Gertrude, Peter, .399, 401; Philip, 399.
Scott, Abraham, 323; Alexander W., 425; Anne, Archibald, 361; Ehza .Jane, Harriet, James D., 425; Jean, 321; Margaretta, 425; Mary, 323, 425; Rebecca Douglass, Sarah Ann, Thomas, 425; Thomas Alexander, 425, 426; William, 321 ; WiUiam B., 311; William P., 426; Ruhamah, 311.
Scribner, Ellen Dorsey Potter, Henry Potter, Loui.se, Nelly Potter, Percy Root, Robert Winthrop, Winthrop, 325.
Seaburn, Susan, 423.
Sedborough, P>ances, 350, 351, 353; .John, 350-353; Peter, 353.
Seibert, Agnes Welsh Grove, Barnard, Charles Fremont, Edward G., Jos- eph Warren, Mary Virginia, Re- becca Loviisa Samuel, 480.
Series, Louisa, 447.
Seward, William H , 341 .
Sheaff, Ellen F., 345.
Shepler, .1. T., 335.
Sherfv, Josejih, 473.
Shields, David, 378.
Shissler, Lewis, Sarah Humes Porter, 445.
Shunk, Francis R., 330, 4G1.
Sloan, D. D., 366.
Sloo, Thomas, 461.
Smart, John, 405.
506
INDEX
Smith, Abraham, 375, 383, 453, 458, 463-465; Agnes, 459, 464; Allan, 447; Ann, 458; Anna Wilson, 455; Annabella, 469; Catherine, 458; Charles K., 456; C. M., Clara, Ed- ward, 447; Elizabeth, 455, 458; Elizabeth Irwin, 463, 467-469; Ellen A., 456; George E., 387; Griz- zel Newell, 456; Isaac, 458; J. M., 455; James, 452, 454-458; James Findlay, 469; Jane, 456, 458, 460, 464, 467, 469; Jean, 452-454, 456, 458; Jennet, 453, 456, 458; John, 453, 455; John Johnston, 469; Jona- than, 452, 456; Marcella, 456; Mar- garet, 453, 456, 458; Margaret Piper 460, 466; Mary, 441, 452, 456, 458 460, 462, 463; Mary Parker, 469 Mary Rogers, 455; Matthew, 461 Minnie, 447; Oliver, 458; Rebecca 455, 458, 459, 462, 465; Robert 421, 452-454, 456, 463, 467-469 Samuel, 383, 455, 458, 459; Sarah 460, 464, 466, 469; Sarah Rebecca, 469; William, 441, 452, 453, 455- 458, 460, 462-464, 466, 468; Wil- liam Johnston, 469.
Snyder, Gov., 437.
Somerville, Mary, 347.
Sourbier, Jemima, 473.
Sparks, Samuel, 477.
Spaulding, Annie Amelia Potter, W. C, 323.
Speer, Ale.xander, 382, 383, 391; Alexander A., Elizabeth, 392; James, 382, 383; John, 378, 382 383, 391; Margaret, 392; Margaret Windom, 391 ; Maria, 392; Maria H. Coyle, 391; Mary, 382, 383; Mary Long, 382, 391: Nathaniel, William, 383.
Stabler, Arthur, 427.
Staiiberg, Frances, 462.
Steck, George, 376.
Steedman, William C, 327.
Steiner, Rachael M., 339.
Stewart, George, Marv, 315.
Stock, M., 477.
Stockton, Caleb, 391; E'eanor C, 390, 391; Elizabeth, 384, 386.
Stonehouse, Sir James, 353.
Stoops, Mary, Thomas, 308.
Stouffer, Henry, Mary, Mary Flick- inger, 380.
Stout, Lettie A., 482.
Stuart, J. E. B., 470.
Sullivan, Gen., 436, 439. Synimes, Dr., 366.
Talbot, Elizabeth, Hillary, 465; Jere- miah, 459, 465; Mary" Smith, 465; Rebecca Smith, 459, 465.
Taylor, Caroline, Isaac, 321
Tesson, Dr., Margaret Duncan, 322.
Thomas Roland, 328.
Thompson, Alexander, 336; Andrew A., 346; Andrew Finley, 333, 337; Col., 323; Dr., 399; Eliza Carothers, 321, 333, 345, 346; John R., 346; Joseph Markle, 321, 333, 345, 346; Josiah v., 335, 346; Leah Markle, 333, 337; Leona M., 335; Martha, 336; Mary Jack, 336, 337; Ruth E., 335; Samuel, 336; Thomas, 335, 336; William, 336, 337; William M., 335, 345, 346.
Todd, Alexander B., 448; Andrew,
432, 433; Ann Eliza Parker, 441, 445; Ann Maria, 447; Catherine Bodley, 448; David, 432, 433; David Humphreys, 445; Elinor McFarland, 433; Elizabeth, 432,
433, 435, 438; Elizabeth Parker, Ellen, 447; Elodie, Emilie, 448; Frances J., George Rogers Clarke, 447; Isabella, 433; Isabella Hamil- ton, 432, 433; Jane Briggs, 446; John, 432; Levi, 433, 446, 447; Louisa, 447; Margaret, Martha K., 448; Mary, 433, 441, 447; Rebecca, 433; Robert, 432, 433, 447; Robert Smith, 441, 446-448, Samuel, 433; Samuel Briggs, 448; Sarah, 433; Susan, 447; William, William L., 433.
Todhunter, Jacob, Parker E., 433.
Torrence, George P., 461.
Trindle, John, 409.
Trout, Mary Salome, 393.
Tuchett,Sir Mervyn, 354.
Tucker, Charles, Margerv Gregg,
320. Tweetl, Margaret, 464. Tyler, President, 446.
Ussher, .lohn. Sir William, 355.
Valentine, Abraham, Martha Gregg Potter, 319.
Van Tries, Abraham, 381, 382, Elea- nor, 391: George Latimer, Henry Smith, John M., Louisa, 382; Mary
INDEX
507
Jane Milligan, 391; Matilda, 382; Samuel, 379, 381, 391; Susanna Poe, 381, 391; Thomas Campbell, 382, 391; William Potter, 391.
Waddell, Alexander, Archibald, 384; Caleb Stockton, 387; Catherine, 386; Catherine Long, 378, 383, 392; Eliza, 384, 392; Elizabeth Stock- ton, 384, 386; Frances Ann, 387; James Poe, 384; Jane McClelland, 329; John, 384, 386; John Calvin, Margaret, 386; Margaret McMullen, 378, 385; Mary, 386; Mary Erwin, 384; Nancv Rankin, Rachel, 386, Ruth Grubb, 392; Sarah, 386; Sarah Jane, 387; Thomas, 378, 383, 392; Thomas Alexander, 392; Thomas Poe, 387; William, 375, 384, 386, 387, 392; William Lawrence, 386.
Wallace, Charles E., Edward D., 447; Elizabeth, 410, 447; Frances, 447; John, 410, 447; Lvdia Smith, Marv F., 447; Ruth Little, 476; William F., William Smith, 447.
Warner, Susanna, 368.
Washington, George, 313, 363, 399, 436, 455.
Watson, Ann, James, 324; Sarali, 316.
Wayne, Antliony, 323.
Wheeler, James M., 444.
WhipiDle, Samuel, Susan J., 412.
White, C. B., 448; Eliza, 365; Mar-
► garet, 423.
Whitlock, Rose, 431.
Willcox, Josephe, 413.
Willett, Emeline, 316.
William, King, 451.
Williard, Cei)has Little, Edward Rush, George Parker, 482; George Washington, 479, 482; John New- ton, 482; Louisa Catherine Little, 479, 481, 482; Maria Louisa, Mary Louisa, Minnie, Reuben Hershman, 482.
Wilson, Abraham Scott, 323; Alice, 327; Allen D., 326; Ann Campbell, 424; Anna, 455; Catherine Irvine, 325, 326, 343; Eliza, 320; Ehza Dick, 412; Elizabeth, Ellen Dick- .son, 326; Francis, Frank, 327; Hannah J., 412; Hugh, 325, 327; Hugh Irvine, 326; Isaac, 422; James Potter, 326; Jane, 412; Jane Coch- ran, 424; John, 327, 424; Joseph, 396, 312; Julia I., Laura, Lucv P., 326; Maria, 322, 324, 325, 338; Martha Bard, 424; Mary A., 326; Mary P. Potter, 318, 325; Mary Scott, 323; Mary Smith, Prudence Ann, Robert McFarland, 424 ; Sam- uel Hunter, 323; Sarah Craig, 327; Sarah Kinney, 326; Thomas, 327; Wa\aie McVeigh, 326; William, 322^ 323, 346, 412, 420, 424; Wil- liam Ashlev, 424; William Irvine, 318, 325, 343; William P., 326.
Windom, Margaret, 391.
Winslow, Frances, 365.
Winters, Eleanor Campbell, 324; Ellen, 325; Lucv, 324; Mary, 325; William, 324.
Woods, Jolm, 304.
Work, Andrew, 463; Anna Lizzie, Mary Rebecca, Rebecca M., Sam- uel JohiLston, William, 469.
Worthington, Amos, 324.
Yough, Jenny, 398.
Young, Alexander, 310; Alexander
Dean, Anna Mary, 468; Annas,
James, 310; William, 468.
Zeller, Daviil, 479, 481; Harrie Mc- Keen, Mary Parker, 481 ; Mary Parker Little, 479, 481; William Melville, 481.
Ziegler, Barbara Beck, Catherine, George, 367.
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